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HISTORY 


OP   THE 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA, 


AND   OF   THE 


PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL. 


BY 

Kev.  ALFEED  NEVIN,  D.D.,  LL.D. 


PHILADELPRIA:'    " 

1888;    />    ^, 


JL 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1888,  by 

W.    S.    FORTESCUE   &   CO., 
in  the  Office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington. 


Collins  Printing  Kous.s, 
705  Jayne  Street. 


PREFACE. 


"  Remember  the  days  of  old,"  was  the  exhortation  of  Moses 
to  Israel,  as  though  he  had  said,  "  Look  back,  call  up  the 
former  scenes  and  personages,  treasure  them  as  means  of  per- 
sonal improvement,  celebrate  them  as  illustrations  of  God's 
care,  interposition,  and  kindness — the  evidences  of  His  fidelity 
to  all  generations  as  the  covenant-keeping  Jehovah,  read  over 
the  authentic  accounts,  preserve  the  knowledge  of  the  heroism, 
the  devotion,  the  faith,  and  the  piety  of  your  worthies,  forget 
not  the  escape  from  Egypt,  the  Red  Sea  deliverance,  the 
national  establishment  in  Canaan,  and  the  various  achieve- 
ments of  your  ancestors  under  the  most  trying  conditions." 

Our  General  Assembly  but  acted  in  the  spirit  of  the  great 
Lawgiver's  appeal  to  the  Hebrews,  when  it  resolved  to  signalize 
its  approaching  Centennial  Celebration  by  calling  for  the  pre- 
paration of  histories  of  the  Congregations,  Presbyteries,  and 
Synods  under  its  care.  A  church  so  eminent  as  ours  for 
learning,  piety,  zeal,  and  success  in  the  furtherance  of  Christ's 
cause  and  kingdom,  is  bound  by  solemn  obligation  to  God,  to 
the  world,  and  to  itself,  to  see  that  its  aims  and  achievements 
are  not  left  to  float  down  the  stream  of  time  through  misty 
traditions,  or,  perhaps,  by  reason  of  fragmentary,  scattered. 


VI  PREFACE. 

and  inaccessible  records,  to  pass  into  gradual  and  absolute 
oblivion.  To  no  denomination  of  Christians  does  the  counsel 
come  with  stronger  reason  or  deeper  emphasis:  "Walk  about 
Zion,  and  go  round  about  her,  tell  the  towers  thereof.  Mark 
ye  well  her  bulw^arks,  consider  her  palaces,  that  ye  may  tell  it 
to  the  generation  following." 

A  peculiar  interest  attaches  to  the  "  Presbytery  of  Philadel- 
phia," which,  as  the  first  organized  court  of  the  denomination 
in  this  country,  is  to  be  regarded  by  American  Presbyterians 
as  "the  mother  of  us  all."  As  the  appointed  historiographer 
of  this  venerable  body,  as  well  as  of  the  "  Presbytery  of  Phila- 
delphia Central,"  which  is  one  with  it  in  spirit,  effort,  and  aim, 

the  author whilst  duly  appreciating  the  honor  conferred — has 

faithfully  endeavored  to  meet  his  high  responsibility,  by  making 
all  practicable  research,  and  by  availing  himself  freely  of  such 
aid,  within  his  reach,  as  would  tend  to  make  the  volume  as 
complete  and  satisfactory  as  possible.  As  the  existence  of  the 
First  Presbytery  covers  so  many  ages,  and  the  details  of  its 
development  are  of  such  general  interest,  a  wider  scope  has 
been  given  to  its  annals  than  would  otherwise  have  been 
deemed  either  necessary  or  proper.  The  Roll  of  its  Members, 
prepared  by  the  Rev.  Willard  M.  Rice,  D.D.,  and  kindly 
furnished  by  him  for  our  use,  is  gratefully  acknowledged  as  a 
valuable  contribution  to  the  history. 

And  now,  O  Lord,  "let  thy  work  appear  unto  thy  servants, 
and  thy  glory  unto  their  children.  And  let  the  beauty  of  the 
Lord  our  God  be  upon  us  :  and  establish  Thou  the  work  of  our 
hands  upon  us:  yea,  the  work  of  our  hands  establish  Thou  it." 


PREFACE. 


Vll 


The  following  Statistical  Table,  prepared  by  the  Rev. 
William  Henry  Roberts,  D.D.,  Stated  Clerk  of  the  General 
Assembly,  and  containing  in  brief  the  record  of  the  growth 
and  progress  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States 
of  America  for  nearly  two  hundred  and  fifty  years,  will  be 
found  interesting  and  useful  for  reference.  Prior  to  1789 
accurate  figures  appear  to  be  unattainable. 

The  Growth  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  1640-1887, 
by  Periods. 


Additions 

Comniuni- 

Benevolent 

■  Years. 

Ministers. 

Churclies. 

on 
Confession. 

cants. 

Contribu- 
tions. 

1640  .... 

5? 

2? 

? 

? 

1690. 

10? 

18? 

... 

1,000  ? 

1705  . 

12? 

22? 

... 

1,500? 

1717. 

19 

40? 

... 

3,000  ? 

1745  . 

48 

80? 

... 

5,000  ? 

1758. 

98 

200? 

... 

10,000  ? 

1789  . 

177 

431 

... 

18,000? 

$852 

1800. 

189 

449 

20,000  ? 

(?)  2,500 

1810. 

434 

772 

... 

28,901 

5,439 

1820. 

741 

1299 

8,021 

72,096 

12,861 

1830. 

1491 

2158 

11,748 

173,327 

184,192 

1837  . 

2140 

2865 

11,580 

220,557 

281,989 

1839  {^ 

S. 

1615 

1673 

6,377 

126,583 

134,439 

.  S. 

1093 

1260 

4,691 

106,000 

Not  given 

1849  {0 

S. 

1860 

2512 

8,976 

200,830 

369,371 

.  S. 

1453 

1555 

10,190 

139,047 

Not  given 

1859  IS 

S. 

2577 

3487 

23,945 

279,630 

764,668 

.S. 

1545 

1542 

10,705 

137,990 

266,574 

1869  1^ 

S. 

2381 

2740 

15,189 

258,963 

1,346,179 

.S. 

1848 

1721 

9,707 

172,560 

753,953 

1870. 

4238 

4526 

32,003 

446,561 

2,023,956 

1880. 

5044 

5489 

26,838 

578,671 

2,262,871 

1887  .... 

5654 

6436 

53,886 

697,835 

3,196,458 

Note — The  strength  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States  (South),  which  met  first  in  General  Assembly 


Vlll  PREFACE. 

at  Augusta,  Georgia,  December  4,  1861,  was,  in  1887,  1116 
ministers,  2236  churches,  and  150,398  communicants.  The 
Presbyterian  Church  (North)  has  within  the  same  territory 
567  ministers,  826  churches,  and  60,275  communicants. 


HISTORY 


OF  THE 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA 


CHAPTER  L 

INTRODUCTORY — THE   PRESBYTERIAN   SYSTEM. 

Basis  of  Faith. 
Presbyterianism,  as  a  system  of  religious  faith,  while 
claiming  a  Scriptural  origin  and  basis,  yet  recognizes 
the  Westminster  Assembly's  Confession  of  Faith  and 
Larger  and  Shorter  Catechisms  as  an  epitomized  em- 
bodiment of  the  great  credenda  which  underlie  its 
existence  and  constitute  the  source  of  its  power.  It 
does  not  regard  that  venerable  body  of  divines  as  the 
inventor  of  its  doctrinal  standards,  but  only  as  their 
systematizer — ever  pressing  back  with  the  Reformers  to 
Christ  and  the  Bible  for  the  only  infallible  rule  and 
authority  of  faith  and  practice.  To  say  that  these 
standards  are  invaluable  for  their  condensation,  clear- 
ness of  definition  and  statement,  logical  arrangement, 
and  unshrinking  fidelity  to  the  truth  which  they  under- 
take to  summarize  and  substantiate,  would  be  merely 
an  afiirmation  of  what  those  who  have  given  them  the 


10  PRESBYTERY 

most   intelligent,   candid,  and   thorough   examination 
are  tlie  readiest  to  acknowledge. 


Order. 

The  title  Presbyterian  comes  from  the  Greek  word 
Drsbuteros,  which  signifies  elder,  intimating  that  the 
government  of  the  Church  in  the  ]^^ew  Testament  was 
by  Presbyteries,  that  is,  by  association  of  ministers  and 
elders — the  former  so  called  because  they  preached  as 
well  as  ruled,  and  the  latter  commissioned  to  govern, 
whence  they  derived  their  name,  but  both  possessed  of 
equal  powers,  without  any  superiority  among  them, 
either  in  office  or  order.  Presbyterians  believe  that 
the  authority  of  their  ministers  to  preach  the  gospel, 
to  administer  the  sacraments  of  Baptism  and  the  Lord's 
Supper,  is  derived  from  the  Holy  Ghost  by  the  imposi- 
tion of  the  hands  of  the  Presbytery.  They  affirm, 
however,  that  there  is  no  order  in  the  Church,  as  estab- 
lished by  Christ  and  his  Apostles,  superior  to  that  of 
Presbyters,  that  all  ministers,  being  ambassadors  of 
Christ,  are  equal  by  their  commission,  that  Presbyter 
{Preshiteros)  and  Bishop  {PJpiscopos),  though  different 
words,  are  of  the  same  import. 

"  Presbyterians  admit,"  says  an  able  writer,  "  that  in 
the  course  of  time  the  word  '  Bishop'  assumed  a  very 
different  meaning,  and  when  it  could  no  longer  be  said, 
as  Yice-Principal  Hatch  declares  m  his  '  Bamptou  Lee- 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  11 

tures,'  that  ^  the  early  Bishop  stood  to  his  Presbyters 
in  the  relation  of  a  chairman  to  the  ordinary  members 
of  a  committee/  or,  as  Presbyterians  would  say,  as  the 
Moderator  to  the  members  of  a  Church  Session  or 
Presbytery  over  which  he  presides.  Without  making 
any  reflection  on  the  polity  of  others,  Presbyterians 
have  reason  to  be  gratified  at  the  frequent  admissions 
made  by  others  as  to  the  Scriptural  character  of  their 
own,  and  they  have  special  occasion  to  admire  the 
candor  with  which  men  eminent  for  learning  and  piety, 
and  loyal  to  their  own  system  of  Church  government, 
such  as  Usher  and  Whately,  Hallam  and  Macaulay, 
Dean  Howson  and  Dr.  Jacob,  Dean  Stanley  and  Canon 
Farrar,  Sir  Peter  Xing  and  Bishop  Lightfoot,  have 
expressed  themselves  with  regard  to  the  constitution 
of  the  Primitive  Church,  echoing  back  the  voice  of 
Jerome  from  the  fourth  century,  when  he  says,  'A 
Presbyter  is  the  same,  therefore,  as  a  Bishop  ;'  and 
before  there  arose  preferences  in  religion,  and  it  was 
said  among  the  people,  '  I  am  of  Paul,  I  of  Apollos,  I 
of  Cephas,'  the  churches  were  governed  by  a  common 

council  of  Presbyters If  it  be  supposed  this  is 

not  the  sense  of  the  Scriptures,  but  my  own  opinion, 
that  Bishops  and  Presbyters  are  one,  and  that  one  is 
the  name  of  age  and  the  other  of  office,  read  again  the 

words  of  the  Apostle  to  the  Philippians These 

things  are  recorded  tl;^t  we  may  show  that  the  ancient 


12  PRESBYTERY 

Presbyters  were  the  same  as  the  Bishops,  but  by  little 
and  little,  that  the  roots  of  dissension  might  be  torn 
up,  the  whole  trouble  was  devolved  on  one." 

Government. 

Such  is  Presbyterianism  as  a  system  of  Church  gov- 
ernment. Its  core  is  the  eldership — the  whole  elder- 
ship being  the  organ  for  the  exercise  of  the  power  of 
the  Church,  and  a  portion  of  it,  specially  ordained 
thereto,  being  appointed  to  discharge  the  duties  of  the 
pulpit  and  the  pastoral  office.  There  is  no  primus 
inter  peaces — no  first  among  equals — but  all  are  pares  in 
Chrisio  j^rimo — all  equals  in  Christ,  who  is  the  first. 
The  whole  Church  is  compacted  into  unity  by  a  system 
of  courts — lower,  higher,  and  highest — the  low^est  being 
subordinate  to  the  next  higher,  and  all  to  the  highest. 

Unity. 

Dr.  Thornwell  has  thus  forcibly  stated  the  unity  which 
is  secured  by  the  system  of  rep)resentative  assemblies  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  "  The  government  of  the  Church 
is  not  intrusted  to  individuals,  nor  to  the  mass  of 
believers,  but  to  councils.  Every  judicial  and  legisla- 
tive function  is  performed  by  courts  alone.  Govern- 
ment is  not  administered  by  a  single  individual,  that 
would  be  monarchy;  nor  by  a  privileged  class,  that 
would  be  oligarchy ;  nor  immediately  by  the  people, 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  13 

that  would  be  democracy ;  but  it  is  administered  by 
representative  assemblies.  These  constitute  a  bond 
which  brings  all  the  parts  together  into  unity,  and 
gives  to  the  Church  the  property  of  indefinite  expan- 
sibility. '  A  single  congregation  is  governed  by  the 
Parochial  Presbytery,  several  associated  congregations 
by  the  Classical  Presbytery,  the  whole  Church  by  a 
Presbytery  of  representative  Presbyters  from  all  its 
bounds,'  the  General  Assembly.  This  principle  of 
representation  is  capable  of  embodying  any  number 
of  believers.  Whole  continents  may  be  made  one 
body.  There  is  but  one  Church,  a  set  of  congrega- 
tions bound  together  by  the  nexus  of  one  parliament. 
Each  congregation  has  every  element  of  the  Universal 
Church,  and  the  Universal  Church  has  no  attribute 
which  may  not  be  found  in  one  congregation.  There 
is  no  organic  diiference  between  the  Church  Session 
and  the  largest  General  Assembly.  Only  two  Churches 
on  earth  realize  this  idea  of  Church  unity — Rome 
and  our  own.  But  these  are  the  poles  apart  as  to 
the  system  by  which  they  realize  it.  Rome,  with  her 
infallible  Pope  at  the  head,  and  with  graded  autho- 
rities extending  over  the  whole  earth,  one  class  subser- 
vient to  another,  secures  a  terrible  unity,  bending  all 
abjectly  to  one  throne.  Our  system,  on  the  other  hand, 
secures  unity  with  the  most  perfect  freedom." 

Of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 


14  PRESBYTERY 

in  the  United  States,  the  lute  distinguished  Roman 
Catholic,  Archbishop  Hughes,  wrote  as  follows: 
"Though  it  is  my  privilege  to  regard  the  authority 
exercised  by  the  General  Assembly  as  usurpation,  still, 
I  must  say,  with  every  man  acquainted  with  the  mode 
in  which  it  is  organized,  that,  for  the  purposes  of 
popular  and  political  goverimient,  its  structure  is  little 
inferior  to  that  of  Congress  itself.  It  acts  on  the  prin- 
ciple of  a  radiating  centre,  and  is  without  equal  or 
rival  among  the  other  denominations  of  the  country." 

Scriptural  Origin. 

At  the  close  of  his  admirable  little  volume.  What  is 
Preshyterianism ?  Dr.  Charles  Ilodge  says:  "It  must 
strike  every  one  that  it  is  no  device  of  man.  It  is  not 
an  external  framework,  having  no  coimection  with  the 
inward  life  of  the  Church.  It  is  a  real  growth.  It  is 
the  outward  expression  of  the  inward  law  of  the 
Church's  being.  If  we  teach  that  the  people  should 
have  a  substantial  part  in  the  government  of  the 
Church,  it  is  not  merely  because  we  deem  it  healthful 
and  expedient,  but  because  the  Holy  Ghost  dwells  in 
the  people  of  God,  and  gives  the  ability  and  confers 
the  right  to  govern.  If  we  teach  that  Presbyters  are 
the  highest  permanent  officers  of  the  Church,  it  is 
because  those  gifts  by  which  the  Apostles  and  Pro- 
phets  were  raised    above    Presbyters    have,   in   fact, 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  15 

ceased.  If  we  teach  that  the  separate  congregations 
of  believers  are  not  independent,  it  is  because  the 
Church  is  in  fact  one  body,  all  the  parts  of  which  are 
mutually  dependent. 

"  If  this  is  so — if  there  is  an  outward  form  of  the 
Church  which  corresponds  with  its  inward  life,  a  form 
which  is  the  natural  expression  and  product  of  that  life, 
then  that  form  must  be  most  conducive  to  its  progress 
and  development.  Men  may,  by  art,  force  a  tree  to 
grow  in  any  fantastic  shape  a  perverted  taste  may 
choose.  But  it  is  at  the  sacrifice  of  its  visror  and 
productiveness.  To  reach  its  perfection,  it  must  be 
left  to  unfold  itself  according  to  the  law  of  its  nature. 
It  is  so  with  the  Church.  If  the  people  possess  the 
gifts  and  graces  which  qualify  and  entitle  them  to  take 
part  in  the  government,  then  the  exercise  of  that  right 
tends  to  the  development  of  those  gifts  and  graces,  and 
the  denial  of  the  right  tends  to  their  depression.  In 
all  the  forms  of  despotism,  whether  civil  or  ecclesias- 
tical, the  people  are  degraded,  and  in  all  forms  of  Scrip- 
tural liberty  they  are  proportionably  elevated.  Every 
system  which  demands  intelligence  tends  to  produce  it. 
Every  man  feels  that  it  is  not  only  one  of  the  greatest 
advantages  of  our  republican  institutions  that  they  tend 
to  the  education  and  elevation  of  the  people,  but  that 
their  successful  operation,  demanding  popular  intelli- 
gence and  virtue,  renders  it  necessary  that  constant 


16  PRESBYTERY 

exertion  should  be  directed  to  the  attainment  of  that 
end.  As  republican  institutions  cannot  exist  among 
the  ignorant  and  vicious,  so  Presbjterianism  must 
find  the  people  enlightened  and  virtuous,  or  make 
them  so. 

"  It  is  the  combination  of  the  principles  of  liberty  and 
order  in  the  Presbyterian  system,  the  union  of  the 
rights  of  the  people  with  subjection  to  legitimate 
authority,  that  has  made  it  the  parent  and  guardian  of 
civil  liberty  in  every  part  of  the  world.  This,  how- 
ever, is  merely  an  incidental  advantage.  The  Church 
organization  has  higher  aims.  It  is  designed  for  the 
extension  and  establishment  of  the  gospel,  and  for  the 
edification  of  the  body  of  Christ,  till  we  all  come  to  the 
unity  of  the  faith  and  knowledge  of  the  Son  of  God, 
and  that  polity  must  be  best  adapted  to  this  end  which 
is  most  congenial  with  the  inward  nature  of  the  Church. 
It  is  on  this  ground  we  rest  our  preference  for  Presby- 
terianism.  "VVe  do  not  regard  it  as  a  skilful  product 
of  human  wisdom,  but  as  a  divine  institution,  founded 
on  the  word  of  God,  and  as  the  genuine  product  of  the 
inward  life  of  the  Church." 

Orthodoxy. 

Presbyterianisra  has  ever  been  distinguished  for  the 
stress  it  has  laid  upon  sound  doctrine.  It  repudiates 
Rationalism,  w^hich  would  reduce  all  the  truths  and 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  17 

dictates  of  religion  to  the  standard  of  human  reason. 
Its  symbol  is  the  open  Bible.  Its  watchword  is  "  to 
the  law  and  to  the  testimony."  It  has  been  wont  to 
lend  an  attentive  ear  to  the  voice  of  the  Spirit  uttered 
in  the  Word.^  It  regards  the  Scriptures  as  the  supreme 
standard  of  religious  truth.  Its  testimony  on  this  point 
is  clear  and  distinct. 

"The  Word  of  God,  which  is  contained  in  the  Scriptures  of  the 
Old  and  New  Testaments,  is  the  only  rule  to  direct  us  how  we  may- 
glorify  and  enjoy  him."     Shorter  Catechism^  Ques.  2. 

"  The  whole  counsel  of  God  concerning  all  things  necessary  for  his 
own  glory,  man's  salvation,  faith  and  life,  is  either  expressly  set 
down  in  Scripture  or  by  good  and  necessary  consequence  may  be 
deduced  from  Scripture,  unto  which  nothing  at  any  time  is  to  be 
added,  whether  by  new  revelations  of  the  Spirit  or  traditions  of 
men."     Conf.  of  Faith,  Ch.  1,  Sec.  vi. 

"Whatever  notions  of  an  exaggerated  sort,"  says 
Isaac  Taylor,t  "  may  belong  to  some  Calvinists,  Cal- 
vinism, as  distinguished  from  Arminianism,  encircles 
or  involves  great  truths,  which,  whether  dimly  or 
clearly  discovered  ....  will  never  be  abandoned 
while  the  Bible  continues  to  be  devoutly  read,  and 
which,  if  they  might  indeed  be  subverted,  would  drag 
to  the  same  ruin  every  doctrine  of  revealed  religion.  .  .  . 

*  Ezek.  3:17;   2  Tim.  1  :  13  ;   1  Tim.  4  :  6. 
f  The  profound  author  of  the  "  Natural  History  of  Enthusiasm," 
and  the  "Physical  Theory  of  the  Future  Life." 


18  PRESBYTERY 

Surely,  whoever  is  competent  to  take  a  calm,  an  inde- 
pendent, and  a  truly  philanthropic  survey  of  the  Chris- 
tian system,  and  can  calculate  also  the  balancings  of 
opinion,  the  antitheses  of  belief,  will  grant  that  if  Cal- 
vinism, in  the  modern  sense  of  the  term,  were  quite 
exploded,  a  long  time  could  not  elapse  before  ev'an- 
gelical  Arminianism  would  find  itself  driven  helplessly 
into  the  gulf  that  had  yawned  to  receive  its  rival,  and 
to  this  catastrophe  must  quickly  succeed  the  triumph 
of  the  dead  rationalism  of  iN'eology,  and  then  that  of 
Atheism."* 

Moral  Influence. 

There  can  be  no  better  criterion  of  a  system  of  re- 
lio-ious  doctrines  than  the  effects  which  the  belief  of 
them  produces.  Grapes  do  not  grow  on  bramble 
bushes.  Illustrious  natures  do  not  form  themselves  on 
narrow  and  cruel  theories.  "  A  good  tree  cannot  bring 
forth  evil  fruit,  neither  can  a  corrupt  tree  bring  forth 
good  fruit."  Of  this  test  Calvinism  has  no  reason  to 
be  either  ashamed  or  afraid. 

The  historian  Froude,  who  has  no  particular  love  for 
Calvinism,  bears  this  testimony  in  its  favor : — 

"When  all  else  has  failed,  when  patriotism  has 
covered  its  face,  and  human  courage  has  broken  down, 

*  Essay  upon  Edwards  on  the  Will. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  19 

when  intellect  has  yielded,  as  Gibbon  says,  '  with  a 
smile  or  a  sigh,'  content  to  philosophize  in  the  closet 
and  abroad  worship  with  the  vulgar,  when  emotion 
and  sentiment  and  tender  imaginative  piety  have  be- 
come the  handmaids  of  superstition  and  have  dreamt 
themselves  into  forgetfulness  that  there  is  any  ditier- 
ence  between  lies  and  truth,  the  slavish  form  of  belief 
called  Calvinism,  in  one  or  other  of  its  many  forms, 
has  borne  ever  an  inflexible  front  to  illusion  and  men- 
dacity, and  has  preferred  to  be  ground  to  powder  like 
flint,  rather  than  bend  before  violence,  or  melt  under 
enervating  temptation." 

Again,  Mr.  Froude,  after  referring  to  the  "singular 
attractions  which  Calvinism  in  past  ages  has  possessed 
for  some  of  the  greatest  men  that  have  ever  lived,"  and 
mentioning,  in  illustration  of  what  he  affirms,  William 
the  Silent,  Luther,  Knox,  Andrew  Melville,  the  Regent 
Murray,  Coligny,  Cromwell,  Milton,  and  Bunyan,  says 
of  them : — 

"  These  were  men  possessed  of  all  the  qualities  which 
give  nobility  and  grandeur  to  human  nature — men 
whose  life  was  as  upright  as  their  intellect  Avas  com- 
manding and  their  public  aims  untainted  with  selfish- 
ness, unalterably  just  where  duty  required  them  to  be  ; 
stern,  but  with  the  tenderness  of  a  woman  in  their 
hearts,  frank,  true,  cheerful,  humorous,  as  unlike  some 
fanatics  as  it  is  possible  to  imagine  any  one,  and  able 


20  PRESBYTERY 

in  some  way  to  sound  the  key-note  to  which  every  brave 
and  faithful  heart  in  Europe  instantly  vibrates." 

Beyond  all  question  Calvinism,  instead  of  being  un- 
friendly to  morality,  as  its  enemies  allege,  is  unequalled 
by  any  other  system  in  intensifying  to  the  last  degree 
ideas  of  moral  excellence  and  purity  of  character. 
There  never  was  a  system  since  the  world  stood  which 
puts  upon  man  such  motives  to  holiness,  or  which  builds 
batteries  which  sweep  the  whole  ground  of  sin  with 
such  horrible  artillery.  "  Men  may  talk  as  much  as 
they  please,"  says  an  eminent  divine,  "  against  the  Cal- 
vinists  and  Puritans  and  Presbyterians,  but  you  will 
find  that  wdien  they  want  to  make  an  investment  they 
have  no  objection  to  Calvinism  or  Puritanism  or  Pres- 
byterianism.  They  know  that  where  these  systems 
prevail,  where  the  doctrine  of  men's  obligation  to  God 
and  man  is  taught  and  practised,  there  their  capital 
may  be  safely  invested."  "  They  tell  us,"  he  continues, 
"that  Calvinism  plies  men  with  hammer  and  chisel. 
It  does^  and  the  result  is  monumental  marble.  Other 
systems  leave  men  soft  and  dirty,  Calvinism  makes 
them  of  w^hite  marble,  to  endure  forever." 

"  The  destruction  of  the  former  (the  Huguenots  and 
Jansenists,  who  were  Calvinists)  by  the  Revocation  of 
the  Edict  of  iTantes,"  says  Lecky,  "  was  the  destruc- 
tion of  the  most  solid,  the  most  modest,  the  most  vir- 
tuous, the  most  generally  enlightened  element  in  the 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  21 

French  Dation,  and  it  prepared  the  way  for  the  inevi- 
table degradation  of  the  national  character,  and  the  last 
serious  bulwark  was  removed  that  mis-ht  have  broken 
the  force  of  that  torrent  of  skepticism  and  vice  which 
a  century  later  laid  prostrate  in  merited  ruin  both  the 
altar  and  the  throne."* 

"  Look,  too,  at  Scotland  before  and  after  Knox  and 
his  co-laborers  effected  the  Scottish  Reformation.  Ar- 
minianism,  as  exemplified  in  the  Church  of  Rome,  has 
had  the  training  of  that  people  for  centuries,  and  what 
had  it  made  of  them  ?  Something  less  than  human. 
Gross  darkness  covered  the  land  and  brooded  like  an 
eternal  nightmare  upon  all  the  faculties  of  the  people. 
Poverty,  squalor,  ignorance,  vice,  and  wretchedness 
were  the  prevailing  characteristics  of  society.  But 
see  the  quick  and  marvelous  change  effected  when 
once  the  free  doctrines  learned  by  Knox  at  Geneva 
flashed  in  upon  their  minds.  It  was  as  the  sun  rising 
in  his  fullness  at  midnight.  And  in  their  later  history, 
so  long  as  they  remained  untainted  with  other  beliefs, 
their  morality  was  the  wonder  of  the  world."  The 
celebrated  Dr.  Chalmers  says :  "  It  may  be  suspected 
that  although  a  theology  is  the  minister  of  peace,  it 
cannot  be  the  minister  of  holiness.  iNTow,  to  those  who 
have  this  suspicion,  and  who  would  represent  the  doc- 
trine of  justification  by  faith — that  article,  as  Luther 

*  Eng.  Hist.  Eighteenth  Century,  i.  264,  265. 


22  PRESBYTERY 

calls  it,  of  a  standing  or  falling  church — as  adverse  to 
the  interests  of  virtue,  I  would  put  one  question  and 
ask  them  to  resolve  it.  How  comes  it  that  Scotland, 
which,  of  all  the  countries  of  Europe,  is  the  most  sig- 
nalized by  the  rigid  Calvinism  of  her  pulpits,  should 
also  be  the  most  signalized  by  the  moral  glory  that  sits 
on  the  aspect  of  her  general  population  ?  How,  in  the 
name  of  mystery,  should  it  happen  that  such  a  theology 
as  ours  is  conjoined  with  perhaps  the  yet  most  unvi- 
tiated  peasantry  among  the  nations  of  Christendom  ? 
The  allegation  against  our  churches  is,  that  in  the 
argumentation  of  our  abstract  and  speculative  contro- 
versies the  people  are  so  little  schooled  to  the  perform- 
ance of  good  works.  And  how,  then,  is  it  that  in  our 
courts  of  justice,  when  compared  with  the  calendars  of 
our  sister  kingdom,  there  should  be  so  vastly  less  to  do 
with  their  evil  works?  It  is  certainly  a  most  import- 
ant experience  that  in  that  country  where  there  is  the 
most  of  Calvinism  there  should  be  the  least  of  crime, 
that  what  may  be  called  the  most  doctrinal  nation  of 
Europe  should,  at  the  same  time,  be  the  least  depraved, 
and  that  the  land  wherein  people  are  most  deeply  im- 
bued with  the  principles  of  salvation  by  grace  should 
be  the  least  distempered  either  by  their  week-day  pro- 
fligacies or  their  Sabbath  profanations."* 

*    Sermon,    *' The  Respect  due  to  Antiquity."  —  Calvinism  in 
History/. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  23 

The  same  thing  is  true  all  the  world  over.  We  may 
examine  all  the  history  of  Christian  people  and  of  re- 
ligious systems,  and  we  wnll  not  find  any  more  eminent 
than  this  for  piety  and  morality.  In  charity,  in  liberal- 
ity, in  industry,  in  temperance,  in  purity  of  life,  it 
stands  without  a  superior — perhaps  without  an  equal. 
To  be  convinced  how  it  has  uniformly  raised  the  moral 
standard  of  both  individuals  and  communities,  exalt- 
ing the  sovereignty  of  God,  and  emphasizing  the 
moral  law,  we  have,  in  addition  to  the  proofs  already 
given,  to  compare  the  Waldenses  with  the  other  Italians, 
Geneva  under  Calvin's  rule  with  its  condition  before  or 
since,  the  English  Puritans  with  the  courtiers  of  Charles 
II.,  and  finally  all  the  sections  of  America  settled  by 
the  Puritans  and  the  Presbyterians  of  Scotland,  France, 
and  Holland,  wdth  those  settled  by  men  of  other  faiths, 
IS'orth  America  with  South  America. 

Catholicity. 

"  The  term  Catholic  indicates  the  common  features 
of  Christianity — those  characteristics  of  the  religion  of 
Jesus  Christ  which  are  to  be  found  sem2:)er  ubique  et  ab 
omnibus.  This  universality  is  not  absolute,  for  there 
are  those  who  bear  the  Christian  name  who  are  not 
Christians  at  all.  It  is  a  general  and  relative  univer- 
sality wherever  the  true  religion  of  Jesus  Christ  is 


24  PRESBYTERY 

found,  wherever  Christianity  as  such  exists,  and  in  all 
real  Christians. 

"The  Christian  Church,  from  the  earliest  times,  has 
heen  troubled  by  error,  heresy,  and  spurious  forms  of 
Christianity.  Some  of  these  are  essential,  and  destroy 
the  marks  of  the  true  Church ;  others  are  unessential, 
and  indicate  more  or  less  important  variations  from 
the  true  doctrine  and  practice.  We  must  distinguish 
between  Orthodoxy  and  Catholicity.  Orthodoxy  re- 
presents the  whole  sphere  of  Christian  doctrine. 
Catholicity  represents  only  the  common  features  of 
Christianity.  The  Presbyterian  Churches  are  in  this 
respect  pre-eminently  Catholic.  They  adhere  to  all 
the  doctrinal  achievements  of  the  ancient  Church — 
the  Catholic  doctrines  of  the  Trinity,  the  Person  of 
Christ,  and  the  office  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  They  do  not 
adopt  the  peculiarities  of  the  Greek  or  the  Roman  or 
any  other  branch  of  the  Christian  Church,  whether  in 
doctrine  or  practice,  for  these  peculiarities  are  not 
Catholic.  Presbyterianism  is  truest  to  Catholicity  in 
that  it  insists  upon  those  things  which  are  truly  Catho- 
lic, and  declines  to  mingle  with  those  other  things 
which  are  not  Catholic."* 

"  While  Presbyterianism  asserts  that  the  Scriptures 
reveal  a  system  of  Church  government,  as  well  as  of 

*  American  Presbyterianism. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  25 

doctrine,  it  by  no  means  makes  the  former  of  equal 
importance  with  the  latter.  Much  less  in  claiming  a 
polity  of  divine  ordering  does  it  unchurch  those  who 
hold  different  views  of  ecclesiastical  government. 
This  principle  is  distinctly  recognized  in  our  Stand- 
ards, wherein  it  is  declared  : — 

"  '  The  visible  unity  of  the  body  of  Christ,  though  obscured,  is  not 
destroyed  by  its  division  into  different  denominations  of  professing 
Christians,  but  all  those  who  maintain  the  Word  and  Sacraments  in 
their  fundamental  integrity  are  to  be  recognized  as  true  branches  of 
the  Church  of  Christ.' 

"  'The  visible  Church  consists  of  all  those  throughout  the  world 
who  profess  the  true  religion,  together  with  their  children,  and  is  the 
Kingdom  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  the  house  and  family  of  God.' 

"  '  The  communion  of  Saints  is  to  be  extended  to  all  those  who  in 
every  place  call  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus.' 

"  The  Westminster  Assembly  of  Divines  was  held  in 
1643,  but  in  the  '  Book  of  Discipline  of  the  Kirk  of 
Scotland,'  in  1581,  it  is  declared,  '  Beside  these  assem- 
blies there  is  another  more  general  kind  of  Assembly 
of  the  Church  of  Christ  in  the  world,  representing  the 
universal  Church  which  is  the  body  of  Christ.'  There 
is  nothing  in  the  system  of  Presbyterians  which  war- 
rants intolerance  or  exclusive  claims  to  covenant  mercy. 
They  recognize  all  who  are  united  by  faith  to  Christ  as 
members  of  His  mystical  body.  They  admit  that  as 
one  who  '  holds  the  Head'  may  be  a  true  Christian,  not- 
withstanding a  defective  creed,  so  a  Church  may  be  a 
3 


26  PRESBYTERY 

Church  of  Christ,  notwithstanding  a  defective  organ- 
ization. They  do  not  deny  that  the  ordination  of 
ministers  may  be  valid  even  when  it  is  irregular. 
They  receive  ministers  of  other  evangelical  churches 
into  their  own  without  requiring  a  second  ordination, 
just  as  the  Church  of  England  (before  the  days  of 
Laud)  received  ministers  from  the  Presbyterian 
churches  of  the  Continent  for  a  hundred  years  after 
the  Reformation. 

"  The  Presbyterian  is  not  a  broad  Church  in  the  sense 
of  sacrificing  any  cardinal  principle  for  the  sake  of 
conciliating  those  to  whom  it  is  unpalatable,  but  it  is 
broad  enough  to  recognize  the  fact  that  a  true  Chris- 
tian unity  may  exist  where  there  is  little  outward 
uniformity,  and  that  this  unity  not  only  may  but  must 
exist  among  all  wdiose  lives  are  hid  with  Christ  in  God. 
Cherishing  such  sentiments  as  these,  they  can,  therefore, 
without  doing  any  violence  to  their  principles  or  pre- 
ferences, in  the  most  cordial  way,  unite  with  Christians 
of  other  names  in  the  publication  and  circulation  of  the 
Scriptures,  they  can  labor  with  others  in  the  promotion 
of  genuine  revivals  of  religion,  they  can  invite  others 
to  the  Sacramental  table,  and  sit  at  theirs,  and  thus, 
while  ever  ready  to  defend  their  orthodox  creed  and 
Scriptural  form  of  government,  they  demonstrate  their 
regard  for  the  communion  of  saints,  by  extending  the 
hand  of  fellowship  to  ministers  of  other  denominations, 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  27 

by  laboring  with  them  in  every  good  word  and  work, 
and  in  rejoicing  in  the  success  of  all  who  are  toiling  to 
advance  the  Kingdom  of  Truth  and  Righteousness  in 
the  world."* 

Zeal  for  the  Truth. 

The  Presbyterian  Church  has  been  pre-eminently  a 
witnessing  and  a  wrestling  Church.  She  was  so  in  the 
Apostolic  period,  and  has  been  from  the  time  of  her 
restoration  among  the  Alpine  mountains  by  the  Lake 
of  Geneva,  on  the  sunny  plains  of  France,  in  Holland 
wrested  from  the  sea,  among  the  hills  and  glens  of 
Scotland,  and  in  the  northern  provinces  of  Ireland. 
She  has  wrestled  with  flesh  and  blood,  with  the  prin- 
cipalities and  powers  of  earth,  and  with  spiritual  wicked- 
ness in  high  places.  She  bas  borne  aloft  the  banner 
of  the  Covenant,  and  raised  her  voice  of  testimony 
for  God's  truth  and  Christ's  kingly  crown,  both  as 
witness  and  martyr,  and  has  watered  the  soil  of  many 
lands  with  the  blood  of  her  sons  and  daughters.  To 
this  may  be  added  our  Church's  ardent  love  for  the 
cause  of  Missions.  In  this  it  is  not  alone.  'No  Church 
of  Christ  can  forget  His  command  to  "  disciple  all 
nations."  But  this  can  be  fairly  claimed  on  behalf  of 
the  Calvinistic  Churches — they  have  been — alike  in 
priority  and  extent  of  enterprise  and  devotion — leaders 

*  M.  B.  Hoge,  D.D. 


28  PRESBYTERY 

in  this  great  work.  They  have  also  excelled  in  the 
thoroughness  of  their  Mission  educational  organiza- 
tions, and  in  the  manly  and  Christian  type  of  character 
they  have  formed  in  the  converts  they  have  gathered 
of  all  races  and  of  all  lands. 

Education. 

In    history,  Presbyterianism  and   intelligence   have 
gone  side  by  side,  hand  in  hand,  and  this  is  not  an 
accident  to  be  noted  simply,  but  it  belongs   to   the 
philosophy  of  the  history.      The   doctrine  which   is 
common  to  Calvinism  and  to  Protestantism  generally, 
that  each  individual  mind  may  be  in  direct  communi- 
cation with  its  Creator,  that  He  has  revealed  His  will 
by  the  written  Word  to  all,  must  tend  to  the  universal 
diffusion  of  learning;  on  the  other  hand,  the  doctrine 
that  God  is  a  God  of  order  and  plan,  must  tend  to 
encourage  that  higher  learning  which  seeks  to  discover 
the  order  and  system  of  the  universe.     Hence  Calvinism 
has  been  the  source,  not  only  of  the  Common  School 
system  as  it  exists  in  our  own  country,  but  of  almost 
every   one   of   our    earlier    colleges  and   universities, 
notably  Harvard,  Yale,  Princeton,  Union,   Bowdoin, 
Dartmouth,    Rutgers,     Dickinson,    Washington    and 
Jefferson,    Middlebury,    Hampden-Sidney,    Amherst, 
Lafayette,  and  Hamilton,  not  to  mention  more  recent 
enterprises.     For  generations  nearly  the  entire  culti- 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  29 

vated  mind  of  the  country  was  under  its  training  and 
stamped  with  its  peculiar  impress.  With  Calvinism 
goes  the  teacher,  with  Romanism  the  priest.  The 
three  illustrious  theological  schools  which  the  Calvin- 
ists  of  France,  notwithstanding  all  their  embarrass- 
ments, founded  and  sustained  at  Montauban,  Saumur, 
and  Sedan,  as  well  as  the  academy  of  John  Calvin, 
established  at  Geneva,  and  to  which  so  many  of  the 
youth  of  Europe  resorted,  are  well  known  to  fame. 
And  no  reader  of  history  is  ignorant  of  the  fact  that 
schoolmasters  accompanied  the  first  Presbyterian  emi- 
grants to  America,  that  suitable  provision  was  made 
for  the  education  of  the  young,  and  that  the  Tennents 
of  the  old  Log  College*  on  the  banks  of  the  ^esham- 
iny,  Blair  at  Fagg's  Manor,  Smith  at  Pequea,  Finley 
at  iNottingham,  Md.,  Dodd  on  Ten  Mile  Creek  in 
Western  Pennsylvania,  Joseph  Smith  and  Dr.  McMil- 
lan in  the  same  region,  Patillo,  Hall,  Wallis,  McCorkle, 
and  McCaule,  in  ^N'orth  Carolina,  and  Doak  in  Tennes- 
see, were  master-workmen  in  laying  the  foundations  of 
American  civilization  —  laying  these  foundations  in 
sound  learning  and  Calvinistic  theology. 

Civil  Liberty. 

Modeled  after  the  Israelitish  Commonwealth,  Pres- 
byterianism  is  republican  in  its  form  and  spirit.     In  its 

*  Appendix  X. 


30  PRESBYTERY 

heroic  struggles  in  the  cause  of  freedom,  and  its  resist- 
ance to  tyrants  and  tyranny,  its  record  is  as  changeless 
as  the  sun  in  the  heavens.  James  of  England,  who 
encountered  this  dauntless  and  indomitable  spirit, 
tersely  expressed  his  judgment  of  it  in  the  adage,  "  'No 
bishop,  no  king,"  and  in  the  opinion  that  "  Presbytery 
agreeth  as  well  with  monarchy  as  God  with  the  devil," 
which,  being  interpreted  according  to  the  history  of  the 
period,  means,  that  with  Presbyterian  bishops  there  can 
be  no  tyrannical  kings,  and  that  Presbyterianism  is 
absolutely  inconsistent  with  despotism  of  all  sorts. 
This  feature  of  Presbyterianism  is  grounded  in  its 
conception  of  man.  With  it  there  can  be  no  despotism 
in  Church  or  State,  for,  according  to  this  conception, 
each  soul  is  of  infinite  value  and  dignity,  and  no  pre- 
late or  king  can  be  lord  over  another  man's  conscience. 
The  vast  influence  of  Presbyterianism  in  achieving 
American  Independence  is  well  known.  "  The  adhe- 
rents of  this  system  could  not  come  to  this  country  w^ith- 
out  bringing  along  their  intense  convictions,  ingrained 
into  their  souls  by  a  century  of  persecution.  If  Great 
Britain  would  not  yield  them  a  practical  independence, 
of  necessity  they  would  grasp  it.  If  armed  resistance 
was  requisite  to  realize  their  ideal  here,  in  these  remote 
parts  of  the  earth,  they  unhesitatingly  would  offer  it. 
In  place  of  the  cast-off  yokes  of  medisevalism,  they 
brought  grand   conceptions  of  a   moral  order  and   a 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  31 

divine  government,  drawn  from  an  intelligent  study  of 
Scripture  models,  and  from  the  previous  experience  of  an 
inward  self-restraint.  In  them  a  genuine  Christian  man- 
hood had  taken  the  place  of  slavish  dependence  upon  con- 
fessionals and  priestly  absolution,  and  they  were  ready 
to  maintain  and  defend  it.  And  when  the  crisis  came 
not  a  man  of  them  sullied  the  past  record.  Their  in- 
stincts led  them  aright,  and  no  amount  of  sophistry  or 
of  logical  chicanery  could  confuse  them  in  their  appre- 
hensions of  the  crisis,  and  of  the  issues  involved  in  it. 
Unswayed,  undazzled,  they  maintained  the  safe  middle 
ground  between  despotism  on  the  one  hand  and  atheis- 
tical anarchy  on  the  other,  advocating  at  all  hazards,  at 
all  times,  and  by  all  means,  liberty  without  license, 
authority  without  tyranny." 

History  is  full  of  evidence  that,  in  the  resistance  of 
the  imposition  of  the  mother  country  upon  the  colonies, 
"  the  revolt  and  revolution,"  as  Mr.  Galloway,  a  promi- 
nent advocate  of  the  government  in  1774,  expressed  it, 
"  were  mainly  ascribable  to  the  action  of  the  Presby- 
terian clergy  and  laity."  The  Scotch-Irish  met  in 
council  at  Abingdon,  Jan.  20,  1775,  and  prepared  an 
address  to  the  Delegates  of  Virginia,  in  which  they 
said,  "  We  are  deliberately  and  resolutely  determined 
never  to  surrender  any  of  our  inestimable  privileges  to 
any  power  upon  earth  but  at  the  expense  of  our  lives." 
Of  the  Convention  at  Charlotte,  ^N".  C,  by  which  the 


32  PRESBYTERY 

Mecklenburg  Declaration  of  Independence  was  adopted — 
May  20,  1775 — one  was  a  minister  of  the  gospel,  nine 
were  elders  in  the  Church,  and  all  in  some  way  were 
connected  with  the  seven  Presbyterian  churches  that 
embraced  the  whole  county  of  Mecklenburg.  The 
Presbyterians  of  Western  Pennsylvania,  assembled  at 
Hanna's  Town,  May,  1776*,  declared  it  to  be  "  the  indis- 
pensable duty  of  every  man  who  has  any  public  virtue 
or  love  for  his  country,  by  every  means  which  God  has 
put  in  his  power,  to  resist  and  oppose  this  oppression,  and 
as  for  us,  we  are  ready  to  oppose  it  with  our  lives  and 
fortunes."  A  similar  spirit  was  shown  by  the  Scotch- 
Irish  of  Cumberland  Co.,  Pa.,  in  a  memorial  presented 
to  the  Assembly  of  the  province.  May  28,  1776,  and  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Hanover,  in  a  memorial  presented  to 
the  Legislature  of  Virginia  in  1776.  The  Synod  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  which  met  in  Philadelphia  a 
year  before  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  was  the 
very  first  body  to  declare  themselves  in  favor  of  open 
resistance,  and  to  encourage  and  counsel  their  people, 
who  were  then  ready  to  take  up  arms.  And  when  the 
General  Congress,  which  was  in  session  in  Philadelphia, 
was  consulting  concerning  the  crisis  which  the  bloody 
conflict  at  Lexington  had  precipitated  upon  the  colonies, 
the  Synod  gave  expression  to  its  deep  sympathy  for  the 
cause  of  freedom,  and  its  religious  convictions  respect- 
ing the  rights  of  the  people.     Dr.  Witherspoon,  the 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  33 

only  clergyman  in  the  Continental  Congress  in  1776, 
gave  the  Presbyterian  voice  for  the  Declaration  of  In- 
dependence, in  the  memorable  utterance : — 

"There  is  a  tide  in  the  affairs  of  men,  a  nick  of  time. 
We  perceive  it  now  before  us.  To  hesitate  is  to  con- 
sent to  our  own  slavery.  That  noble  instrument  upon 
your  table,  which  ensures  immortality  to  its  author, 
should  be  subscribed  this  very  morning  by  every  pen 
in  this  house.  He  that  will  not  respond  to  its  accents 
and  strain  every  nerve  to  carry  into  effect  its  provisions 

is  unworthy  of  the  name  of  freeman For  my 

own  part,  of  property  I  have  some,  of  reputation  more. 
That  reputation  is  staked,  that  property  is  pledged,  on 
the  issue  of  this  contest,  and  although  these  gray  hairs 
must  soon  descend  into  the  sepulchre,  I  would  infinitely 
rather  that  they  descend  thither  by  the  hand  of  the 
executioner  than  desert  at  this  crisis  the  sacred  cause 
of  my  country." 

"  The  first  voice  publicly  raised  in  America  to  dis- 
solve all  connection  with  Great  Britain,"  says  Mr.  Ban- 
croft, "came,  not  from  the  Puritans  of  N"ew  England, 
not  from  the  Dutch  of  IS'ew  York,  not  from  the  planters 
of  Virginia,  but  from  the  Scotch  and  Irish  Presby- 
terians." "John  Calvin,"  says  Ranke,  "  was  virtually  ^ 
the  founder  of  America."  "In  the  reign  of  Mary  (of 
England),"  says  Rufus  Choate,  "a  thousand  learned 
artisans  fled  from  the  stake  at  home  to  the  happier 


84  PRESBYTERY 

states  of  Continental  Protestantism.  Of  these,  great 
numbers — I  know  not  bow  many — came  to  Geneva. .  .  . 
I  ascribe  to  that  five  years  in  Geneva  an  influence  which 
has  changed  the  history  of  the  world.  I  seem  to  myself 
to  trace  to  it,  as  an  influence  on  the  English  character, 
a  new  theology,  new  politics,  another  tone  of  character, 
the  opening  of  another  era  of  time  and  liberty.  I  seem 
to  myself  to  trace  to  it  the  great  civil  war  in  England, 
the  republican  constitution  framed  in  the  cabin  of  the 
Mayflower,  the  divinity  (theology)  of  Jonathan  Ed- 
wards, the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  the  independence  of 
America." 

Similar  also  is  the  testimony  of  Castelar,  the  eloquent 
Spanish  statesman.  He  says :  "  The  children  of  the 
Puritans  founded  the  United  States,  a  liberal  and 
popular  government,  where  human  rights  were  placed 

above  all  ideas They  harmonized  antagonisms 

which  seemed  eternal,  stability  with  progress,  order 
with  liberty,  true  democracy  with  obedience  to  the 
law,  the  widest  freedom  of  difi:erent  social  tendencies 
with  a  powerful  nationality  and  ardent  patriotism,  the 
humanitarian  with  the  cosmopolite  spirit,  indomitable 
independence  of  the  individual  with  religious  respect 

to  authority The  Anglo-Saxon  democracy  is  the 

product  of  a  severe  theology  learned  by  the  few  Chris- 
tian fugitives  in  the  gloomy  cities  of  Holland  and  of 
Switzerland,  where  the  morose  shade  of  Calvin  still 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  35 

wanders And  it  remains  serenely  in  its  grandeur, 

forming  the  most  dignified,  most  moral,  most  enlight- 
ened and  richest  portion  of  the  human  race." 

"The  Shorter  Catechism,"  says  Dr.  A.  A.  Hodge, 
"  fought  through  successfully  the  Revolutionary  War." 
"  Of  the  Scotch-Irish  race  in  America,"  observes  Prof. 
J.  W.  Mears,  "  it  is  said  that  it  was  perhaps  the  only 
race  of  all  that  settled  in  the  western  world  that  never 
produced  one  Tory.  The  nearest  case  to  it  ever  known 
was  that  of  a  man  who  was  brought  before  a  Church 
Session  in  Chambersburg,  and  tried  upon  the  charge 
that  he  was  not  sincere  in  his  professions  of  his  attach- 
ment to  the  cause  of  the  Revolution.  It  is  claimed 
that  General  Washington,  when  making  a  long  and 
disheartening  retreat,  was  asked  where  he  expected  to 
pause.  He  replied  that,  if  he  were  obliged  to  cross 
every  river  and  mountain  to  the  limits  of  civilization, 
he  would  make  his  last  stand  with  the  Scotch-Irishmen 
of  the  frontiers,  there  plant  his  banner  and  still  fight 
for  freedom." 

With  such  elements  and  achievements  we  are  pre- 
pared to  receive  the  testimony  of  great  and  good  men 
in  favor  of  the  excellence  of  the  Presbyterian  system — 
even  those  whose  judgment  is  free  from  the  bias  of 
attachment  to  the  denomination  which  it  represents. 

"  It  has,"  says  Mr.  Gladstone,  "  given  Presbyterian 
communions  the  advantages  which  in  civil  order  belong 


6b  PRESBYTERY 

to  local  self-government  and  representative  institutions 
— orderly  habits  of  mind,  respect  for  adversaries,  and 
some  of  the  elements  of  judicial  temper,  the  develop- 
ment of  a  genuine  individuality,  together  with  the  dis- 
couragement of  mere  arbitrary  will  and  of  all  eccentric 
tendency,  the  sense  of  a  common  life  and  the  disposi- 
tion energetically  to  defend  it,  the  love  of  law,  combined 
with  the  love  of  freedom,  last,  but  not  least,  the  habit 
of  using  the  faculty  of  speech  with  the  direct  and  im- 
mediate view  to  persuasion." 

And  Prof.  Dorner,  of  Berlin,  has  said:  "In  its 
manly,  resolute  temper,  its  energy  of  action,  which 
also  expresses  itself  in  strength  and  energy  of  thinking, 
its  zealous  breathing  of  soul  for  the  increase  of  God's 
kingdom,  its  willing  self-surrender,  and  its  fortitude  of 
pursuit  in  great  and  bold  designs  for  the  furtherance  of 
Christ's  reign,  it  is  these  qualities  that  I  admire  in 
Presbyterianism." 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  37 


CHAPTER  11. 

EARLY  PRESBYTERIANISM  IN  AMERICA — CHURCHES  AND 
MINISTERS. 

The  early  history  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  this 
country  is  involved  in  no  little  obscurity,  owing  prin- 
cipally to  the  fact  that  those  who  originally  composed 
it,  instead  of  forming  a  compact  community,  were 
widely  scattered  throughout  the  different  colonies. 

Emigrants  arrive  in  New  England. 

Bancroft  estimates  that  about  twenty-one  thousand 
two  hundred  emigrants  arrived  in  ]^ew  England  before 
1640.*  Cotton  Mather  tells  us  that  previous  to  that 
year  four  thousand  Presbyterians  had  arrived.f  In 
another  place,  when  speaking  of  the  union  effected 
between  the  Congregationalists  and  Presbyterians  in 
London,  about  the  year  1690,  he  says  the  same  union 
and  the  same  terms  had  subsisted  between  these  two 
denominations  in  [N'ew  England,  for  many  decades  of 
years,  that  is,  almost  from  the  very  first  settlement  of 

*  History  of  the  United  States,  vol.  1,  p.  415. 
f  Magnalia,  vol.  1,  p.  73. 


38  PRESBYTERY 

the  coiiiitiy.  This  mixed  character  of  the  people 
seems  also  to  be  recognized  in  the  address  of  Increase 
Mather  to  King  "William.  He  begged  him  to  consider 
that,  "  in  I^ew  England  they  differ  from  other  planta- 
tions, they  are  called  Congregational  and  Presbyterian, 
so  that  such  a  governor  will  not  suit  with  the  people 
of  iS'ew  England,  as  may  be  very  proper  for  other 
English  plantations."  Of  the  two  thousand  Presby- 
terian ministers  cast  out  of  the  Church  of  England  by 
the  Act  of  Uniformity  in  1662,  a  considerable  number, 
it  is  said,  found  a  refuge  in  i^ew  England.* 

What  portion  of  the  four  thousand  Presbyterians 
referred  to  by  Mather  as  having  come  to  ^N^ew  England 
before  1640  were  from  Scotland  or  Ireland  his  account 
does  not  enable  us  to  determine.  At  a  later  period  a 
hundred  families  from  Ireland  settled  Londonderry  in 
l!s'ew  Hampshire.  They  brought  with  them  the  Rev. 
James  McGregore  as  their  pastor,  "  who  remained  with 
them  until  his  death,  and  his  memory  is  still  precious 
among  them.  He  was  a  wise,  faithful  and  affectionate 
guide  to  them  both  in  civil  and  religious  concerns." — 
Hodge. 

Rev.  Richard  Denton. 

The  Rev.  Richard  Denton  appeared  in  this  country 
at  an  early  day.     He  graduated  at  Cambridge  Univer- 

*  Holmes's  Amer.  Ann.,  vol.  1,  p.  384. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  39 

sity  iu  1623,  and  then  for  seven  years  was  the  Presby- 
terian minister  of  Coley  Chapel,  parish  of  Halifax,  in 
the  northern  part  of  England.  "By  the  intolerant 
spirit  of  the  times  which  led  to  the  Act  of  Uniformity, 
he  felt  compelled  to  relinquish  his  charge,  and  to  emi- 
grate to  America.  This  was  probably  about  1630,  and 
in  company  with  John  Winthi-op  and  Sir  Hichard  Sal- 
tonstall."  The  Eev.  Mr.  Alvord,  speaking  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Hempstead,  says:  "They  were  among  the 
earliest  inhabitants  of  Xew  England,  coming,  as  we 
have  seen,  through  Wethersfield,  from  Watertown,  in 
Massachusetts,  and  from  that  noted  company  who 
arrived  with  John  Winthrop  and  Sir  Richard  Salton- 
stall."  Mr.  Denton  first  came  to  Watertown,  Mass., 
then  in  1635  he  commenced  the  settlement  of  Wethers- 
field, and  in  1641  his  name  appears  among  the  early 
settlers  of  Stamford,  and  then  in  1644  he  is  recorded 
as  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  Hempstead,  L.  I. 
A  part  of  his  flock  accompanied  him  from  England,  and 
also  settled  with  him  as  their  pastor ;  the  descendants  of 
some  of  them  remain  there  to  the  present  day.  Thus  a 
Presbyterian  Church  was  established  in  Hempstead, 
L.  I.,  in  1644.  But  if,  as  indicated  above,  a  colony  of 
Presbyterians  came  with  him  from  the  old  country,  and 
followed  him  till  their  final  settlement  on  Long  Island, 
he,  as  a  Presbyterian  minister  w^ith  a  Presbyterian 
colony,  the  inference  can  scarcely  admit  of  a  doubt  that 


40  PRESBYTERY 

he  preached  to  a  Presbyterian  congregation  from  their 
first  arrival,  in  1630,  till  their  permanent  settlement  on 
the  Island.  Mr.  Denton  served  the  Church  till  1659, 
when  he  returned  to  England,  and  spent  the  latter  part 
of  his  time  in  Essex,  where  he  died,  in  1662,  aged 
seventy-six  years. 

Mr.  Denton  had  a  mind  of  more  than  ordinary  gifts 
and  attainments.  He  was  from  the  very  first  noted  as 
a  man  of  "  leading  influence."  Rev.  Mr.  Hey  wood,  his 
successor  in  ofiice  at  Halifax,  speaks  of  him  as  a  "  good 
minister  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  affluent  in  his  worldly 
circumstances."  In  a  report  of  the  Church  of  ISTew 
IS'etherlands  in  1657,  by  Revs.  John  Megapolensis  and 
Drisnis,  to  the  Classis  of  Amsterdam,  occurs  the  fol- 
lowing passage  :  "  At  Hempstead,  about  seven  Dutch 
miles  from  here,  there  are  some  Independents,  also 
many  of  our  persuasion  and  Presbyterians.  They  have 
also  a  Presbyterian  preacher  named  Richard  Denton, 
an  honest,  pious  and  learned  man." 

Gov.  Stuy  vesant,  in  a  letter  to  the  people  of  Hemp- 
stead, under  date  July  29,  1657,  says:  "About  the 
continuance  of  Mr.  Denton  among  you  we  shall  use  all 
the  endeavors  we  can."  Cotton  Mather  speaks  of  him 
as  "  our  pious  and  learned  Mr.  Richard  Denton,  a  York- 
shire man  who,  having  watered  Halifax,  in  England, 
with  his  fruitful  ministry,  was  by  a  tempest  hurled 
into  iSTew  England,  where  his  doctrine  dropped  as  the 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  41 

rain.  Though  he  were  a  little  man,  jet  he  had  a  great 
soul.  His  well-accomplished  mind  was  an  Illiad  in  a 
nutshell.  He  wrote  a  system  entitled  *Soliloquia 
Sacra,'  so  accurately  describing  the  fourfold  state  of 
man  that  judicious  persons  who  have  seen  it  very  much 
lament  the  Church's  being  deprived  of  it."* 

Emigrants  from  Scotland. 

"  During  the  bloody  persecutions  which  prevailed  in 
Scotland,  man}'-  of  her  best  citizens  were  banished  to 
America.  Some  of  them  were  transported  as  felons 
because  they  would  not  violate  their  consciences ;  this 
was  the  only  crime  alleged  against  them  by  their 
accusers.  Others  fled  because  they  saw  no  prospect  in 
the  future  that  in  their  native  land  they  would  be  per- 
mitted to  enjoy  those  modes  of  worship  which  they 
believed  most  in  accordance  with  God's  word,  while 
still  others  were  attracted  to  the  New  World  by  the 
prospect  of  improving  their  temporal  affairs,  which 
had  been  impaired  or  wholly  ruined  by  the  fines  and 
imprisonments  to  which  they  had  been  subjected. 

''After  the  disastrous  battle  of  Dunbar  (1650),  a  large 
number  of  prisoners  were  sent  to  the  Plantations,  as 
they  were  called,  to  be  sold  for  slaves.  A  like  disposi- 
tion was  made  of  many  who  took  part  in  the  Pentland 

*  Appendix  I. 


42  PRESBYTERY 

rising  and  the  battle  of  Botliwell  Bridge.  The  op- 
pressed congregations  also  furnished  many  colonists, 
who,  denied  all  religious  freedom  at  home,  fled  to  this 
country."* 

Settlements  in  Virginia  and  Maryland. 

A  large  number  of  Presbyterians  settled,  from  the 
years  1670  to  1680,  on  the  Elizabeth  Eiver,  Virginia, 
and  in  the  lower  counties  of  Maryland,  and  established 
several  churches  at  least  twenty  years  before  the  close 
of  the  century.  The  settlers  on  Elizabeth  River  had 
a  minister  from  Ireland,  who  died  in  August,  1683. 

Rev.  Francis  Doughty. 

The  Rev.  Francis  Doughty,  a  Puritan  minister,  who 
had  probably  been  vicar  of  Sadbi>ry,  Gloucester,  Eng- 
land, where  he  was  silenced  for  non-conformity,  emi- 
grated in  1637  to  Taunton,  Mass.,  at  which  place  his 
rigid  adherence  to  some  peculiarities  of  Presbyterian 
doctrine  brought  him  into  trouble.  "  He  and  Richard 
Smith,  a  ruling  elder,  and  their  adherents,  were  forced 
to  exile  by  the  Independents.  They  found  refuge 
among  the  Dutch.  Doughty  secured  the  conveyance  of 
Mespat  (near  !N"ewtown),  L.  I.,  with  the  view  of  estab- 
lishing a  Presbyterian  colony  there,  "f     The  settlement 

*  Rev.  Dr.  Craighead. 

t  James  Riker,  Annals  of  Newtown. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  43 

was  begun  in  1642,  but  the  Indian  war  broke  up  the 
colony  in  1643,  and  the  minister  and  his  flock  went  to 
Manhattan  Island  for  shelter  during  the  war.  He  be- 
came the  first  Presbyterian  minister  in  the  city  of  IN'ew 
York.  He  ministered  there  from  1643-48,  and  was 
supported  by  voluntary  contributions  from  the  Puri- 
tans and  the  Dutch  of  the  city.  He  preached  also  for 
a  while  at  Flushing,  on  Long  Island.  Owing  to  the 
failure  of  the  colony,  Govs.  Kieft  and  Stuyvesant 
sought  to  recover  the  claim  upon  Mespat,  but  Doughty 
declined,  and  sought  refuge  from  the  wrath  of  Stuy- 
vesant in  the  colony  of  Maryland,  where  his  brother- 
in-law,  Captain  William  Stone,  was  governor.  He 
ministered  in  Maryland  and  Virginia  until  his  death, 
preaching  here  and  there  to  little  flocks,  which  were 
subsequently  gathered  into  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
when  it  was  organized  in  Presbyteries  and  Synods,  and 
carrying  on  his  Master's  work  in  spite  of  difficulties 
of  every  kind.* 

Rev.  Matthew  Hill. 
The  work  of  Doughty  was  carried  on  by  Rev.  Mat- 
thew Hill,t  of  whom  the  late  and  lamented  E.  F.  Hat- 

*  American  Presbyterianism. 

■j-  He  may  be  said  to  be  the  first  Presbyterian  minister  that  ever 
sailed  upon  the  Chesapeake. — Dr,  Bowen, 


44  PRESBYTERY 

field,  in  a  letter  to  the  editor  of  the  Presbyterian  3Taga- 
zine,  Sept.  4, 1852,  says: — 

"  Allow  me  to  call  your  attention  to  a  fact  recorded 
by  Rev.  Dr.  Calaniy  in  his  '  Xon-Conformists'  Memo- 
rial,' relative  to  the  Rev.  Matthew  Hill,  a  native  of  the 
city  of  York.  He  graduated  M.  A.  at  Magdalen  Col- 
lege, Cambridge,  and  was  settled  in  the  ministry  at 
Thirsk,  a  market-town  about  twenty  miles  northwest 
of  York.  He  was  ejected  for  non-conformity  by  the 
Bartholomew  Act,  in  1662,  and  was  afterwards  em- 
ployed as  a  chaplain  at  Gatton,  about  eighteen  miles 
south  of  London.  'No  temptations,  though  freely 
offered,  could  induce  him  to  conform.  '  Though  he 
had  a  tender  constitution,' it  is  said, 'he  determined 
upon  a  voyage  to  the  West  Indies.  He  embarked  with 
little  besides  a  few  clothes,  a  Bible,  a  Concordance,  and 
a  small  parcel  of  MSS.  He  fixed  at  Charles  County, 
Maryland,  in  1669,  where  a  brighter  scene  began  to 
open,  and  he  had  a  prospect  of  considerable  usefulness 
in  the  ministry,  and  of  a  good  advantage  by  his  labors 
in  temporal  respects.  But  new  truths  afterwards  arose 
which  greatly  disappointed  his  hopes."  No  other  par- 
ticulars are  given  of  his  American  experience.  He  is 
described  as  "  a  man  of  ready  abilities,  a  good  scholar, 
a  serious,  warm  and  lively  preacher,  and  of  a  free  and 
generous  spirit.  Mr.  Hill  was,  in  all  probability,  a 
Presbyterian."* 

*  Appendix  II. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  45 

Dr.  Calamy  thus  writes  of  Mr.  Hill:  "It  may  be 
said  as  truly  of  him,  as  of  any  one  of  modern  times, 
that  it  was  thro'  many  tribulations  that  he  enter'd 
into  the  kingdom  of  God.  His  whole  life  was  indeed 
a  comment  upon  Prov.  xvi.  9,  33.  N^ot  being  allowed 
to  serve  God  according  to  his  conscience  in  his  native 
country,  he  was  forced  into  the  remotest  parts,  where 
he  laid  his  bones  in  a  strange  land,  but  with  the  same 
hope  of  an  happy  resurrection  unto  eternal  life,  as  if 
the  same  spot  of  land  that  brought  him  forth  had  also 
entombed  him." 

"  To  Francis  Doughty  and  Matthew  Hill,  long  for- 
gotten worthies,"  says  Dr.  Briggs,  "  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  Middle  States  is  indebted  for  its  earliest 
planting.  They  were  the  pioneers  and  martyrs  in  its 
ministry,  and  their  sufferings  and  toils  were  the  seed 
of  the  Church." 

Meeting-Houses  on  the  Eastern  Shore  of  Maryland. 

The  Presbyterians,  already  referred  to  as  having 
established  themselves  on  the  Eastern  Shore  of  Mary- 
land, had  their  meeting-houses  in  Snow  Hill,  Pitt's 
Creek,  Wicomico,  Monokin  and  Rehoboth  as  early  as 
1680.  Their  application,  which  is  subsequently  noticed, 
is  the  first  that  is  known  to  have  been  made  to  the 
British  Churches  for  a  minister. 


46  PRESBYTERY 

Rev.  William  Traill. 
The  Rev.  William  Traill,  of  Scotland,  who  gradu- 
ated at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  in  1658,  and  was 
ordained  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  congregation  at 
Lifibrd,  in  the  Presbytery  of  Laggan,  Ireland,  in  1672, 
labored  at  Rehoboth,  Maryland,  for  some  years.  He 
appears  on  the  minutes  of  the  Presbytery  as  clerk,  and 
seems  to  have  been  the  most  efficient  member  of  the 
body.  Dr.  Bowen  speaks  of  him  as  "  the  incarcerated 
clerk  of  the  Presbytery  of  Laggan — the  brave  man 
who  had  stood  before  Ormond  and  the  chancellor  and 
the  archbishop  in  the  castle  of  Dublin — now  sent  of 
God  to  those  who  are  sighing  for  the  bread  of  life  on 
our  Eastern  shore."  Hearing  of  the  success  of  the 
English  Revolution  and  of  the  re-establishment  of 
Presbytery  in  Scotland  (1688),  he  returned  to  his  native 
country  and  became  minister  of  Borthwick,  near  Edin- 
burgh, Sept.  17,  1690,  where  he  remained  until  his 
death.  May  3, 1714.* 

*  Mr.  Traill  was  the  eldest  son  of  Robert  Traill,  minister  of  Edin- 
burgh. The  father  "had  opposed  the  schemes  of  Cromwell,  had 
been  besieged  in  the  castle  of  Edinburgh,  had  been  wounded  while 
defending  the  rights  of  Charles  II.,  and  had  cooperated  zealously 
with  the  Presbyterians  of  Scotland  in  bringing  him  back  to  the  throne. 
In  1660,  when  the  future  course  of  Charles  in  forgetting  all  his 
pledges  and  his  benefactors  began  to  be  foreshadowed,  Mr.  Traill 
committed  the  grievous  oflfence  of  writing  a  respectful  address  to 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  47 

Arrival  of  Francis  Makemie. 

In  1680  the  Irish  Presbytery  of  Laggan  heard  a 
renewed  voice  from  America,*  and  one  of  its  licentiates, 
Francis  Makemie  (of  whom  a  brief  sketch  is  given  in 
the  next  chapter),  is  sent  as  a  missionary  to  the  western 
world.  An  enthusiastic  admirer  of  him  gives  the 
following  graphic  account  of  his  arrival : — 

"  A  few  days,  and  stirring  news  strikes  us  and  goes 
reverberating  from  plantation  to  plantation.  A  sail  has 
entered  the  Pocomoke  bringing  cargo  more  precious 
than  ever  ploughed  its  waters  before.     A  Presbyterian 

the  king,  reminding  hira  of  his  promises  and  pleading  for  the  rights 
of  the  Church.  For  this  he  and  others  were  thrown  into  prison. 
From  that  prison  his  fellower-suiferer  James  Guthrie  was  never  re- 
leased until  by  martyrdom. 

*  In  December  of  that  year,  a  letter  from  Colonel  Stevens  was 
laid  before  the  Presbytery,  requesting  that  a  missionary  be  sent  to 
"the  people  in  Maryland,  beside  Virginia." 

The  tomb  of  Mr.  Stevens  is  in  the  orchard  of  the  old  Stevens 
plantation,  about  a  mile  above  Rehoboth.  On  the  heavy  slab  is  the 
following  inscription  :  — 

Here  lyefh  the  body  of  William  Stevens,  Esq.,  who 
departed  this  Life  the  23  of  December  1687  Aged  57 
years  he  ivas  22  years  Judge  of  this  County  Court  one 
of  His  Lordship^ s  Councill  and  one  of  ye  Deputy 
Lieutenants  of  this  Province  of  Maryland. 
Vivit  Post  Funera  Virtus. 


48  PRESBYTERY 

minister  has  arrived  from  Europe,  is  at  the  house  of 
Judge  Stevens,  and  will  preach  next  Sabhath.  The 
riders  along  the  narrow  horse- roads  carry  the  tidings 
everywhere.  The  boats  upon  the  little  rivers  bear  the 
good  news  to  every  landing.  Traders  at  the  farm- 
stores  forget  their  purchases  and  hurry  home.  Word 
flies  by  the  county  road  over  to  the  Annamessex,  up  to 
the  Monokin,  there  strengthens  for  further  flight,  and 
hurries  on  to  the  Wicomico.  Another  rumor  starts  for 
Accomack,  and  another  for  the  seaboard.  Every  Pres- 
bj'terian  plantation  is  moved  as  winds  from  the  ocean 
move  the  fields  of  silken  maize.  The  arrival  of  George 
Fox  caused  no  greater  enthusiasm  among  the  Quakers. 

"The  holy  day  has  come,  the  whippoorwills — the 
first,  probably,  that  the  new  preacher  ever  heard — 
announcing  the  dawn  with  gladness.  The  Dove 
spreads  her  canvas  and  goes  down  the  river.  Other 
boats  begin  to  dot  the  bosom  of  the  winding  Pocomoke. 

"  When  we  draw  near  the  Rehoboth  plantation,  we  see 
colonists  arriving  from  Accomack.     The  groves  are  full 

of  horses  with  saddles  and  pillions Already  are 

the  colonists  presenting  the  usual  contrasts  of  riches 
and  poverty — of  the  higher  and  lower  grades  of  social 
position — some  maintaining  the  pomp  and  circumstance 
of  the  gentry  of  England,  others  humbly  clad  and 
excluded  from  the  circle  of  the  great 

"  All  is  expectancy.     Xow  the  door  opens  and  the 


OF    PHILADELPHIA.  49 

minister  appears,  wearing  the  black  Genevan  gown  and 
the  white  bands.  We  recognize  the  description  which 
had  preceded  him — the  intellectual  forehead  crowned 
with  brown  locks,  the  fair  complexion,  the  expressive 
blue  eyes,  and,  over  all,  the  mien  of  a  true  Irish  gen- 
tlerman.  This  is  the  pupil  of  Drummond  and  Hart  and 
Traill — he  who  in  boyhood  played  by  the  shores  of 
Lough  Swilly  and  who  now  stands  upon  the  banks  of 
our  own  Pocomoke.     This  is  Francis  Makemie. 

"  How  the  ears  and  hearts  of  the  Scotch  and  Scotch- 
Irish  exiles  thrill  under  the  familiar  tones  -of  their 
countryman,  vibrating  with  memories  of  home  I  Xeed 
we  wonder  if  the  tears  flow  while  his  plaintive  accent 
reminds  them  of  martyred  pastors  over  the  sea?  IN'or 
will  the  most  fastidious,  in  their  embroidered  velvets 
and  Persian  silks,  find  anything  to  offend  the  cultured 
ear.  In  its  first  utterances  to  the  American  Continent, 
Presbytery  speaks  through  an  educated  ministry. 

"Yonder,  too,  sit  King  Daniel  of  the  Pocomokes  and 
our  friend  Matchacoopah.  Over  to  the  other  side  are 
the  black-skinned  children  of  Africa,  their  gaze  fixed 
upon  Mr.  Makemie  and  listening.  I  see  the  preacher's 
eyes  again  and  again  resting  upon  these  natives  of 
Africa  and  America.  He  has  never  seen  either  of 
them  before.  Two  mighty  race-problems  are  there 
before  him,  unsolved. 

"It  is  pleasant  to  hear  our  minister  take  position 


50  PRESBYTERY 

firmly  and  emphatically  by  the  Holy  Scriptures.  The 
American  Presbyterian  Church  is  talking  of  her  great 
charter.     Note  his  words.* 

"  The  flutter  of  the  leaves  of  the  old  Bibles  in  the 
hands  of  our  ISTorth  Britons,  whenever  the  minister 
quoted  a  text,  was  refreshing  to  hear  and  to  see.  His 
preaching  was  as  full  of  Scripture  as  Peter's  on  the  day 
of  Pentecost,  keeping  God's  word  prominent  as  au- 
thority for  all  he  said.  A  man  of  attractive  presence, 
a  speaker  of  considerable  oratorical  power,  his  chief 
strength  lay  in  the  honor  which  he  placed  upon  the 
Holy  Bible. 

''  Before  the  sermon  the  preaclier  had  read  and  com- 
mented upon  the  chapter,  for  he  does  not  practice  the 
'dumb  reading'  common  in  the  ritualistic  churches. 
Oh  how  the  old  psalm  from  Rouse  swelled  out  that  day 
up  and  down  the  banks  of  the  Pocomoke !  That  all 
might  sing,  the  minister  read  it  out  line  by  line : — 

'<  'By  Babel's  streams  we  sat  and  wept, 

When  Sion  we  thought  on. 
In  midst  thereof  we  hanged  our  harps 

The  willow-trees  upon. 
For  there  a  song  required  they 

Who  did  us  captive  bring  ; 
Our  spoilers  called  for  mirth,  and  said, 

'  A  song  of  Sion  sing.' 

*  Appendix  IX. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  51 

'*  Oh,  how  the  Lord's  song  shall  we  sing 
Within  a  foreign  land  ? 
If  thee,  Jerus'lem,  I  forget, 

Skill  part  from  my  right  hand.' 

"  The  worship  continued  until  after  two  o'clock  and 
did  not  seem  long.  .  .  .  After  service  the  judge  pre- 
sented us  to  the  minister,  saying  that  we  represented 
the  various  types  of  Presbyterianism  on  the  Shore,  and 
we  felt  greatly  honored." 

Settlement  in  New  Jersey. 

In  1685,  a  handful  of  Presbyterians,  who  had  suffered 
in  the  bloody  persecutions  of  Charles  11. ,  were  shipped 
from  Scotland  to  be  sold  as  slaves  in  the  Colonies.  But 
their  captain  died,  and  his  successor  determined  to  take 
his  cargo  to  Virginia,  as  likely  there  to  find  the  best 
market.  But  a  tempestuous  voyage  drove  them  into 
Perth  Amboy,  and  being  set  free  by  the  authorities 
they  determined  to  locate  in  ^ew  Jersey.  Many  of 
them  settled  in  Monmouth  County.  True  to  their  ex- 
traction and  education,  they  gave  immediate  attention 
to  religious  privileges.  They  formed  themselves  into 
a  church  as  early  as  1692,  and  probably  had  built  a 
house  of  worship  before  that  time.  They  called  their 
church  Freehold.  Among  their  number  was  John 
Boyd,  who  was  possibly  licensed  to  preach  in  Scotland. 


62  PRESBYTERY 

At  least  he  appears  as  ministering  to  that  people  in 
1706. 

"In  1685,"  says  Dr.  Briggs,  "George  Scot  of  Tillo- 
chie,  embarked  for  ^N'ew  Jersey  with  upwards  of  a 
hundred  other  Scotsmen  and  two  ministers,  Archibald 
Riddell  and  John  Frazer.*  They  were  allowed  to  ex- 
change the  prisons  in  which  they  had  been  confined  on 
account  of  their  fidelity  to  Presbyterian  principles,  for 
exile.  The  voyage  was  a  hard  one,  and  disease  carried 
ofl:*  a  great  number  of  passengers,  including  the  leader, 
George  Scot,  and  the  wife  of  Riddell.  The  remainder 
arrived  in  safety,  and  settled  at  Woodbridge,  JSTew 
Jersey.  Riddell  remained  with  them  as  pastor  until 
June,  1689,  when  he  returned  to  Scotland.  John 
Frazer  removed  to  Woodbury,  Connecticut,  and 
preached  at  Woodbury  until  the  Revolution,  when  he 
returned  to  Scotland." 

Presbyterians  in  Delaware  and  Virginia. 

Little  companies  of  Scotsmen,  driven  from  home  by 
brutal  oppression,  were  scattered  through  Delaware,  and 
along  York  and  Rappahannock,  in  Virginia. 

Settlement  in  Carolina. 

Several  Scottish  noblemen  and  gentlemen,  who  had 
been  active  in  their  opposition  to  the  prelatic  measures 

*  Appendix  III. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  53 

of  their  sovereign,  and  so  incurred  his  displeasure,  con- 
ceived the  design  of  providing  a  home  for  their  perse- 
cuted brethren  in  America,  and  in  1682  they  contracted 
with  the  lords  proprietors  of  Carolina  for  a  large  landed 
property.  In  the  same  State,  and  previous  to  the  year 
1670,  "  several  hundred  able-bodied  men  formed  a  set- 
tlement on  the  west  branch  of  the  Ashley  River  and 
named  it  Charles'  Town."  As  early  as  1662  a  company 
of  persons  driven  from  Virginia  by  religious  persecu- 
tion settled  in  Albemarle  Sound. 

Rev.  Josias  Mackie. 

The  congregation  on  the  Elizabeth  River,  Ya.,  was 
supplied  by  the  Rev.  Josias  Mackie.  He  probably 
began  his  ministry  in  1691.*  From  the  fact  of  Mr. 
Makemie's  directing  in  his  will  that  his  dwelling- 
house  and  lot  on  Elizabeth  River  should  be  sold,  it  has 
been  inferred  that  he  resided  there  before  he  moved  to 
the  other  side  of  the  Chesapeake,  and  that  the  Church 
in  question  was  gathered  by  him.  Others  have  sup- 
posed that  the  congregation  was  composed  of  a  small 
number  of  Scotch  emigrants  whose  descendants  are  still 
to  be  found  in  the  neighborhood  of  IN^orfolk.  In  the 
Minutes  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  for  1712, 
there  is  the  following  record :  "  A  complaint  of  the 
melancholy  circumstances  that  the  Rev.  John  Machy, 
on  Elizabeth  River,  Va.,  labors  under,  (being  made)  by 


54  PRESBYTERY 

Mr.  Henry,  the  Presbytery  was  concerned,  and  Mr. 
John  Hampton  saying,  he  designed  to  write  to  him  on 
an  aftair  of  his  own,  Presbytery  desired  him  to  sig- 
nify their  regard  to,  and  concern  for  him."* 

Presbyterians  on  the  Potomac. 

A  settlement  of  Presbyterians  was  made  in  1690,  by 
Col.  Xinian  Beall,  who  purchased  a  large  tract  on  the 
Potomac,  and  drew  thither  his  friends  and  neighbors 
from  Fifeshire.  The  Pev.  i!^athaniel  Taylor,  who  was 
probably  ordained  in  Scotland,  in  1702  or  1703,  came 
immediately  to  Marlborough,  on  the  Patuxent,  and 
took  charge  of  the  congregation. 

Presbyterians  in  Philadelphia. 

In  1698  the  Kev.  Jedediah  Andrews  came  to  Phila- 
delphia, and  preached  in  a  building  which  had  been 
used  as  a  store-room  by  the  "  Barbadoes  Company,"  on 
the  northwest  corner  of  Chestnut  and  Second  Streets. 
He  was  probably  ordained  in  the  Fall  of  1701,  for  his 
"  Record  of  Baptisms  and  Marriages"  begins  1701, 
tenth  month,  fourteenth  day.  The  exact  time  of  the 
organization  of  this  church  is  not  known,  the  early 
records  having  been  lost.  The  records  extant  date  back 
to  1698. 

*  Appendix  IV. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  55 

Presbyterians  in  Ne-w  York. 

The  town  of  Jamaica  on  Long  Island,  'N.  Y.,  had 
been  largely  settled  by  Presbyterians.  In  1702  they 
numbered  over  a  hundred  families,  "  exemplary  for  all 
Christian  knowledge  and  goodness."  In  that  year  the 
town  chose  Presbyterian  churchwardens  and  vestry- 
men, and  settled  as  their  pastor  John  Hubbard,  a  native 
of  Ipswich,  Mass.,  and  a  classmate  of  Andrews,  of 
Philadelphia.* 

Other  Presbyterian  Ministers. 

The  only  other  Presbyterian  ministers,  in  addition  to 
those  named,  known  to  have  been  in  any  besides  the 
"New  England  States,  at  an  earlier  date  than  1706,  are 
the  minister  on  Ashley  River,  near  Charleston,  S.  C, 
to  whom  Mr.  Makemie  refers  in  his  letter  to  Increase 
Mather,  of  Boston,  dated  28th  July,  1685  ;t  I^athaniel 
Taylor,  at  Marlborough,  Maryland  ;  Dugald  Simson, 
at  Brookhaven,  on  Long  Island,  from  1685  to  1691, 
who  returned  to  Scotland,  and  was,  in  1696,  a  member 
of  Lochmaben  Presbytery ;  Thomas  Bridge,  who  was 
called  from  Cohanzy,  ^.  J.,  to  the  first  church  in  Bos- 
ton, in  1704  ;  Mr.  Black,  who  labored  in  West  Jersey 
and  Lewes,  Delaware  ;  John  Wilson,  at  i^ewcastle,  and 
Samuel  Davis,  also  in  Delaware. 

*  Appendix  I.  f  Appendix  VIII. 


56  PRESBYTERY 


CHAPTER  III. 

FORMATION   OF    THE   PRESBYTERY   OF   PHILADELPHIA — 
SKETCHES   OF   ITS   ORIGINAL   MEMBERS. 

The  Eagle  Wing. 

One  of  the  first  attempts  to  plant  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  America  was  unsuccessful.  As  early  as  1G34, 
■when  the  territory  along  the  banks  of  the  Merrimac 
River,  Connecticut,  was  being  taken  up  by  colonists,  the 
persecuted  Scotch  Presbyterians,  of  the  North  of  Ireland, 
were  invited  to  settle  there,  by  the  Governor  and 
Council  of  Xew  England. 

Having  accepted  the  invitation,  the  deposition  of 
their  ministers,  w^hich  took  place  August  12,  1636, 
hastened  the  preparations  for  emigration,  and  on  the 
9th  of  the  following  September,  the  Eagle  Wing^  a 
vessel  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  tons,  set  sail  from  Lock- 
fergus  v/ith  one  hundred  and  forty  emigrants  prepared 
for  the  voyage,  and  a  settlement  in  a  new  country. 
Among  the  emigrants  were  four  noted  preachers,  Robert 
Blair ^  John  Livingstone^  James  Hamilton^  and  John  Mc 
Clelland.  The  ship  soon  after  grounded  on  the  coast  of 
Scotland.     The  leaders  being  undaunted,  they  started 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  57 

again.  Off  the  coast  of  Newfoundland  thej  encountered 
a  hurricane,  the  ship  sprung  a  leak,  and  they  finally 
decided  to  give  up  the  voyage.  As  Mather  sa^'s: 
"  meeting  with  manifold  crosses, being  half-seas  through, 
they  gave  over  their  intendments."* 

These  ministers  recovei^ed  courage,  privately  taught 
in  Irish  neighborhoods,  or  openly  preached  in  Scottish 
pulpits,  and  thus  helped  to  rear  a  church  which  would 
send  many  of  her  sons  hither  as  the  founders  of  Pres- 
byterianism  in  America. 

Francis  Makemie. 

One  of  the  missionaries  just  referred  to  was  "Francis 
Makemie,  evidently  a  "Scotch-Irishman,"  born  (we 
know  not  when)  at  Rathmelton  in  Donegal,  a  student 
at  one  of  the  Scottish  universities,  a  licentiate  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Laggan  in  1681,  and  ordained  by  it  in 
1682.  In  1683  he  removed  to  America,  going,  as  seems 
probable,  first  to  Snow  Hill,  Maryland.     "  It  is  probable 

*  The  saintly  Rutherford  wrote,  in  163  7,  to  John  Stuart,  Provost 
of  Ayr:  "  I  would  not  have  you  think  it  strange  that  your  journey 
to  New  England  has  got  such  a  dash.  It  hath,  indeed,  made  my 
heart  heavy,  but  I  know  that  it  is  no  dumb  providence,  but  a  speak- 
ing one  whereby  the  Lord  speaks  his  mind  to  you,  though  for  the 
present  ye  do  not  well  understand  what  he  saith.  However  it  be, 
He  that  sitteth  on  the  floods  hath  shown  you  his  marvellous  kindness 

in  the  great  depths Let  me  hear  from  you,  for  I  am  anxious 

what  to  do.     If  I  saw  a  call  for  New  England,  I  would  follow  it." 
5 


58  PRESBYTERY 

that  he  was  inclined  thereunto  hy  William  Traill,  who 
was  moderator  of  the  last  meeting  of  the  Presbytery, 
July  21,  1681,  and  who  was  its  most  influential  mem- 
ber, and  who  went  thither  himself.""^  Makemie  gives 
an  account  of  his  ordination  in  his  Answer  to  Keith's 
Libel  against  a  Catechism  published  by  Francis  Makemie^ 
Boston,  1694,  p.  24.  "  Ere  I  received  the  imposition 
of  hands  in  that  Scriptural  and  orderly  separation  unto 
my  holy  and  ministerial  calling,  that  I  gave  requiring 
satisfaction  to  godly,  learned,  and  judicious,  discerning 
men,  of  a  work  of  grace  and  conversion  wrought  in  my 
heart  at  fifteen  years  of  age,  by  and  from  the  pains  of 
a  godly  schoolmaster,  who  used  no  small  diligence  in 
gaining  tender  souls  to  God's  service  and  fear." 

Mr.  Makemie  did  not  settle  permanently  in  this 
country  for  some  years,  but  preached  as  an  itinerant. 
"  He  did  not  remain  in  Accomac,  but  in  August,  1692, 
went  to  Philadelphia,  and  soon  after  removed  to  the 
Barbadoes,  where  he  engaged  in  business,  and  was 
pastor  of  a  church  for  several  years  until  the  spring  of 
1698.  August  15,  1699,  he  produced  at  the  Accomac 
court  certificates  of  his  qualification  to  preach  from 
Barbadoes,  and  was  thereupon  licensed  to  preach  in 
his  own  dwelling-house  in  Pocomoke,  near  the  Mary- 
land line,  and   at   Onancock,  five  miles  from   Drum- 

*  See  p.  46. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  59 

mondton,  or  the  house  next  to  Jonathan  Liveseys. 
The  church  of  Snow  Hill,  Maryland,  and  four  others 
in  the  vicinity,  were  soon  after  organized,  and  enjo^-ed 
his  ministry  for  some  years."  "  Here,"  says  Dr.  Gillett, 
"  in  the  narrow  neck  of  land  between  the  Chesapeake 
and  the  ocean,  sheltered  by  the  mild  laws  of  a  colony 
founded  by  a  Roman  Catholic  nobleman,  the  Presby- 
terian Church  of  America  began  its  existence." 

"  It  is  probable,  indeed,"  adds  Dr.  Gillett,  "  that  other 
Presbyterian  congregations  had  been  gathered  before 
this  in  other  localities.  But  their  condition  must  have 
been  far  from  promising,  and  rarely  could  they  have 
enjoyed  the  ordinances  of  the  sanctuary.  The  popula- 
tion was  sparse,  and  there  were  no  '  towns.'  Makemie 
notices  it  as  'an  unaccountable  humor'  that  no  attempts 
were  made  to  build  them.  The  people  were  scattered 
like  sheep  in  the  wilderness,  and  a  large  portion  of  his 
labor  was  to  search  them  out.  Soon  after  he  had 
commenced  his  ministry  in  Maryland,  he  found  on 
Elizabeth  River  in  Virginia,  'a  poor  desolate  people, 
mourning  the  loss  of  their  dissenting  minister  from 
Ireland,'  who  had  been  removed  by  death  the  summer 
previous.  It  was  not  long  before  quite  a  number  of 
congregations  were  gathered  in  the  region  which  "he 
had  selected  as  his  iield  of  labor.  An  itinerant  mis- 
sionary, and  in  reality  the  bishop  of  a  primitive  diocese, 
he  journeyed  from  place  to  place,  sometimes  on  the 


60  PRESBYTERY 

Eastern  Shore  of  Maryluiid,  sometimes  in  Virginia, 
and  sometimes  extending  his  journeys  as  far  as  South 
Carolina.  To  the  extent  of  his  ability  he  supplied  the 
feeble  churches,  but  he  deeply  felt  the  need  of  others  to 
assist  him.  To  obtain  these  was  an  object  of  para- 
mount importance,  and  he  spared  no  effort  to  attain  it. 
With  this  end  in  view,  he  corresponded  with  ministers 
in  London  and  in  Boston.  But  he  was  not  content  with 
this.  He  broke  away — we  may  be  sure  at  a  great  sac- 
rifice— from  the  pressing  calls  around  him,  that  he 
might  personally  urge  his  appeals.  He  crossed  the 
ocean,  and  applied  to  the  Independent  and  Presbyterian 
ministers  of  London  for  aid.  He  visited  'New  England 
and  consulted  with  Mather.  Indefatigable  in  effort, 
clear-sighted  and  sagacious  in  his  views,  liberal  in  sen- 
timent, fearless  in  the  discharge  of  duty,  and  shrinking 
from  no  burden,  his  name  needs  no  eulogy  beyond  the 
simple  record  of  what  he  accomplished  and  endured." 

Makemie's  Visit  to  England. 

During  Mr.  Makemie's  visit  to  England,  he  pre- 
vailed with  the  ministers  of  London  to  undertake  the 
support  of  two  itinerants  for  two  years,  and,  after  that 
time,  to  send  two  more  on  the  same  condition,  allowing 
the  former,  after  the  term  of  their  itinerancy  had  ex- 
pired, to  settle ;  but,  unfortunately,  the  latter  part  of 
this  engagement  was  not  fulfilled.     He  returned  in  the 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  61 

Fall  of  1705,  accompanied  by  the  Rev.  John  Hampton 
and  George  Macnish,  and,  it  it  is  not  unlikely,  by  Mr. 
John  Boyd,  a  probationer. 

Makemie's  Zeal. 

Mr.  Makemie  and  his  young  "  assistants"  had  to  con- 
tend with  various  obstructions  in  prosecuting  their  great 
work,  but  these  did  not  prevent  him  pushing  forward 
his  plan  for  a  thorough  organization  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian system  in  America.  With  such  aid  as  he  has  re- 
ceived from  the  labors  of  Traill,  Davis,  Thomas  Wil- 
son, John  Wilson,  Josias  Mackie,  Andrews,  and  ]^a- 
thaniel  Taylor,  "  he  has  hoped  to  see  the  blessed  results 
of  long  years  of  waiting  moulded  and  compacted  for 
future  enlarscement.  Our  churches  have  been  without 
any  central  bond  of  union.  There  has  been  too  little 
to  distinguish  them  from  the  Independency  which  Mr. 
Makemie  does  not  approve.  Kind  and  tolerant  to  all 
who  hold  the  fundamentals  of  Christianity,  he  loves 
Presbyterianism,  and  wishes  to  see  it  established  upon 
its  own  distinctive  basis."  Andrews  was  in  full  sym- 
pathy with  Makemie,  and  the  Presbytery  was  the 
result  of  their  co-operative  councils. 

Choice  of  Place  for  the  Presbytery. 

There  were  several  good  reasons  for  selecting  Phila- 
delphia as  the  place  for  the  formation  of  the  Presby- 
tery.    For,  although  George  Keith,  the  Quaker  convert 


62  PRESBYTERY 

to  Episcopacy,  had  written  in  1703,  "  They  have  here 
a  Presbyterian  meeting  and  minister,  one  called  An- 
drews, but  they  are  not  like  to  increase  here,"  yet 
Andrews  was  so  much  encouraged  that,  in  1705,  Talbot, 
an  Episcopal  missionary,  wrote:  "There  is  a  new 
meeting-house  built  for  Andrews,  and  almost  finished 
.  .  .  which,  I  am  afraid,  will  draw  away  great 
part  of  the  Church,  if  there  be  not  the  greatest  care 
taken  of  it."  Besides,  Philadelphia  was  central;  it 
^vas  located  in  the  nearest  colony  where  perfect  reli- 
gious freedom  w^as  enjoyed,  and  there  was  good  reason 
to  hope  that  the  influence  of  the  Presbytery,  if  there 
organized,  would  gradually  reach  those  churches  in  the 
Jerseys,  on  Long  Island,  and  perhaps  in  New  England, 
where  there  was  a  strong  Presbyterian  sentiment,  and 
finally  bring  them  into  union  w^ith  the  new  organiza- 
tion. 

First  Meeting  of  Presbytery. 

The  First  Presbytery,  organized,  in  all  probability, 
in  the  "new  meeting-house"  above  referred  to,  con- 
sisted of  seven  ministers,  viz : — 

Francis  Makemie, 

John  Hampton, 

George  Macnish, 

Samuel  Davis, 

John  Wilson, 

Frederick  Andrews, 

IiTathaniel  Taylor. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  63 

In  looking  at  this  small  number  of  God's  minister- 
ing servants  gathered  in  the  retired  and  humble  room 
which  they  occupied,  and  surrounded  with  the  various 
antagonistic  inliuences  with  which  they  had  to  con- 
tend, as  well  as  at  the  glorious  results  which  their 
incipient  work  was  destined  to  reach,  we  are  reminded 
of  the  desire  of  ]^ehemiah  and  of  Ezra  to  rear  the 
temple  of  God.  We  recollect  the  vaunting  and  the 
taunting  language  which  was  employed  by  those  hos- 
tile to  their  design,  in  order  to  put  a  stop  to  the  build- 
ing of  this  temple,  as,  for  instance,  when  Sanballat  and 
the  Ammonites  and  others  came  and  said,  "  What  do 
these  feeble  Jews?  Will  they  fortify  themselves? 
Will  they  sacrifice?  Will  they  make  an  end  in  a  day? 
Will  they  revive  the  stones  out  of  the  heaps  of  rub- 
bish which  are  burnt?"  And  they  said  that  " If  a  fox 
went  up,  he  should  even  break  down  their  stone  wall ;" 
and  they  not  only  had  recourse  to  taunts,  but  they 
employed  the  whole  strength  of  their  infl.uence,  the 
whole  power  of  deception  and  deceit,  to  repress  the 
progress  of  that  glorious  edifice,  to  discourage  the 
hearts  and  to  weaken  the  hands  of  the  faithful  band 
who  were  engaged  in  building  it.  But,  instead  of  their 
vain  efforts  being  crowned  with  success,  the  reverse,  as 
the  history  assures,  was  the  fact;  all  their  machina- 
tions were  quashed,  their  energies  were  blasted,  their 
schemes  exploded^  their  blows   recoiled   upon  them- 


64  PRESBYTERY 

selves,  and  desi:ute  the  opposition  and  conflicting  ele- 
ments with  which  it  was  surrounded,  that  temple  rose 
from  earth  to  heaven,  as  our  American  Presbyterian 
Church  shows  itself  destined  to  do,  until  beholding 
angels  and  delighted  men  burst  forth  into  the  glorious 
and  crowning  shout,  "Grace,  grace  unto  it." 

The  first  page  of  the  record  of  the  first  meeting  ot 
the  Presbytery  has  been  lost.  The  first  fully  recorded 
meeting  is  that  at  Freehold,  for  the  ordination  of  Mr. 
John  Boyd,  December  the  29th,  1706.  Of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  first  Presbytery  only  three  were  pastors; 
the  other  four  were  missionaries.  In  a  letter  from  Mr. 
Makemie  to  Dr.  Benjamin  Col  man,  of  Boston,  March 
28, 1707,  he  states  as  one  of  the  objects  of  the  Presby- 
tery, at  its  annual  meeting,  'Hhe  improvement  of  our 
ministerial  abilities,  by  prescribing  texts  to  be  preached 
on  by  two  of  our  number  at  every  meeting,  which  per- 
formance is  subject  to  the  censure  of  our  brethren ;  our 
subject  is  Paul's  epistle  to  the  Hebrews;"  and  then 
adds, "  I  and  another  began  and  performed  our  parts  on 
verses  1  and  2.  The  3d  is  presented  to  Mr.  Andrews 
and  another."  This  letter,  by  the  wa}^,  enables  us  to 
fix  the  date  of  the  first  meeting  of  the  Presbytery  in 
the  Spring  of  1706. 

Design  of  Presbytery. 

In  referring  to  the  design  of  Presbytery,  as  stated 
in   Makemie's  letter  to  Dr.  Colman,  Dr.   Briggs   ob- 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  65 

serves :  "  This  was  a  noble  design.  A  generous,  catholic 
spirit  animated  the  Fathers  of  the  Presbytery.  They 
organized  an  institution  which  Avas  a  rally ing-point  for 
Presbyterianism  in  the  Middle  States.  It  enabled  them 
to  license  and  ordain  their  own  ministers  in  a  regular 
manner ;  it  enabled  them  to  co-operate  with  the  organ- 
ized forces  of  Puritanism  and  Presbyterianism  in  all 
parts  of  the  world ;  it  was  a  master-stroke  of  wise 
policy  which  now  gave  Presbyterianism  an  advantage 
over  episcopacy,  in  spite  of  the  strong  influences  and 
active  oppression  by  the  authorities  in  Church  and  State. 
"  The  only  effective  barrier  to  an  American  Presbytery 
was  an  American  Bishopric,  which  the  Episcopal  mis- 
sionaries w^ere  wise  enough  to  discern,  and  which  the 
Society  and  its  friends  were  earnest  enough  to  advocate, 
,but  political  considerations  prevented  for  a  long  time  the 
erection  of  American  Bishoprics.  The  whole  body  ot 
Puritans  and  Presbyterians  of  I^ew  England  and  Great 
Britain  were  determined  to  resist  the  introduction  of 
bishops  into  America.  They  feared  lest  these  might 
use  all  the  authority  of  the  crown  to  destroy  Puritan- 
ism and  establish  Prelacy." 

Character  of  First  Ministerial  Members  of  Presbytery. 

In  relation  to  the  character  of  the  ministers  of  which 
the  Presbytery  was  at  first  composed,  Mr.  Hazard,  in 
his  MS.  History,  says,  "It  is  probable  that  all,  except 


66  PRESBYTERY 

Mr.  Andrews,  were  foreigners  by  birth,  and  that  they 
were  ordained  to  the  gospel  ministry  in  Scotland  and 
Ireland."  "  The  correctness  of  this  statement,"  observes 
Dr.  Hodge,  "  can  be  proved  by  documentary  evidence 
in  regard  to  most  of  these  gentlemen,  and  by  the 
strongest  circumstantial  evidence  with  regard  to  the 
others."  He  then  proceeds  to  furnish  such  proof,  add- 
ing, "  As  far  as  the  character  of  the  body  may  be  in- 
ferred from  that  of  its  founders,  it  was  a  purely  Presby- 
terian Church  from  the  beginning.  It  was  not  founded 
upon  Congregationalism  nor  by  Congregationalists.  It 
was  founded  by  Presbyterians,  and  upon  Presbyterian 
principles,  and  those  who  subsequently  joined  it,  joined 
it  as  a  Presbyterian  body.  Mr.  Andrews  was  the  only 
minister  from  ^ew  England  who  had  any  permanent 
connection  with  the  church  before  1715,  and  he,  so  far 
from  being  a  Congregationalist,  was  an  '  old  side' 
Presbyterian." 

Description  of  Presbytery. 

Dr.  Bowen  thus  describes  the  formation  of  the  Pres- 
bytery :— 

"  We  recall  George  Keith's  prophecy  of  three  years 
ago :  '  They  have  a  Presbyterian  meeting  and  minister, 
one  called  Andrews,  but  they  are  not  like  to  increase.' 
Would  it  not  astonish  the  prophet  to  see,  before  three 
years  have  passed,  that  new  Church  on  High  Street 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  67 

(now  Market),  a  goodly  congregation  assembled,  and 
the  vigorous  young  Presbytery  in  session  ?  There  our 
ministers  meet  and  organize  and  deliberate  upon  the 
interests  of  Christ's  kingdom  on  this  vast  continent. 
Widely  to  the  north  and  south  and  west  the  thinly- 
populated  country  and  its  unexplored  regions  stretch 
aw^ay,  while  here  at  the  gate  stands  this  heroic  band, 
sending  forth  our  Scriptural  system  of  doctrine  and  of 
Church  government  to  the  ISTew  World  and  the  new 
century.  Prelacy  looks  on  from  one  side,  prognosticat- 
ing failure,  Quakerism  looks  on  from  the  other,  averring 
that  it  is  only  of  men  and  Babylonish.  There  sits  Mr. 
Makemie  in  the  moderator's  chair,  rejoicing  in  the  final 
fulfilment  of  hope  long  deferred,  triumphant  at  last. 
Here,  successfully  planted,  is  a  primitive  Presbytery 
composed  of  primitive  bishops. 

"When  Presbytery  adjourns,  it  is  with  the  under- 
standing that  the  moderator  and  Mr.  Hampton  and 
Mr.  Andrews  meet  in  Freehold  in  the  Jerseys  for 
the  purpose  of  examining  and  ordaining  the  candi- 
date, Mr.  John  Boyd.  The  arrangement  suits  our 
ministers  very  well,  as  Mr.  Makemie  and  Mr.  Hampton 
are  expecting  to  make  a  journey  to  [N'ew  York,  and 
probably  to  Boston.  It  will  give  our  organizer  an 
opportunity  to  confer  wdth  the  Dissenters  along  the 
way  and  learn  what  suitable  material  may  be  found 
ready  for  moulding  into  the  Presbytery  now  estab- 


68  PRESBYTERY 

lished.  His  broad  plans  comprise  all  the  colonies,  and 
why  should  not  the  same  comprehensive  management 
which  has  succeeded  in  bringing  Virginia,  Maryland, 
and  Pennsylvania  under  this  one  court  of  the  Lord  be 
able  to  include  the  other  provinces  ? 

"During  the  Christmas  holidays  the  three  ministers 
meet  at  Freehold — a  village  full  of  memories  of  the 
dark  days  of  Scotland's  agonies.  Mr.  Walter  Ker, 
banished  from  his  native  land  in  1685,  is  still  there, 
and  can  talk  with  Mr.  Makemie  of  the  times  of  perse- 
cution in  Lamarkshire,  aggravated  by  the  mialignant 
curate  Joseph  Clelland,  then  as  zealous  against  Presby- 
terians as  the  Somerset  rectors  of  to-day.  There  too 
he  will  meet  with  John  Foreman,  John  Henderson, 
John  Foord,  and  other  sturdy  old  exiles,  ^ot  to  be 
satisfied  with  any  but  the  purest  Presbyterianism,  as 
soon  as  Presbytery  is  formed  they  look  at  once  to  this 
authoritative  court  for  a  minister. 

"  For  a  long  while  immigration  to  East  Jersey  has 
been  largely  from  i^ew  England.  These  Independents 
preponderating  in  numbers,  all  compromises  between 
Presbyterianism  and  Independency  have  -necessarily 
inclined  to  the  advantage  of  the  latter.  Thus  most  of 
the  cono-reo^ations  have  been  formed.  But  these  Scotch- 
men  have  as  positive  grounds  for  opposition  to  Inde- 
pendency as  to  Prelacy.     We  learn  that  the  probationer 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  69 

Boyd  is  a  Scotchman.  (Hoclge,  p.  78,  name  of  church, 
p.  71.) 

"In  the  Church  known  as  ^The  Scotch  Meeting- 
House'  they  proceed  to  '  the  trials'  of  the  young  man. 
Those  of  us  who  know  the  moderator  can  have  no 
doubt  of  the  thoroughness  of  the  work.  The  subject 
assigned  as  the  '  common  head' — De  i^egimine  Ecclesice 
— seems  very  appropriate  at  this  juncture,  when  the 
government  of  our  American  Church  is  assuming  its 
permanent  form.  Again  we  seem  to  see  in  it  the  hand 
of  Mr.  Makemie.  Twenty-five  years  ago,  when  the 
Presbytery  of  Laggan  was  selecting  subjects  for  him- 
self and  Mr.  Alexander  Marshall,  De  regimiiie  Ecclesice 
contra  Ercistianos  was  the  one  assigned  to  the  latter. 
America  is  no  less  interested  in  such  questions  to-day 
than  Ireland  was  then. 

"On  Friday,  Mr.  Boyd  preaches  from  the  twelfth 
verse  of  the  first  chapter  of  John :  '  For  as  many  as 
received  him,  to  them  gave  he  power  to  become  the 
sons  of  God,  even  to  them  that  believe  on  his  name.' 
He  defends  his  thesis  presented  in  the  morning,  is  ex- 
amined upon  the  languages,  and  is  questioned  by  the 
brethren  as  they  think  fit.  All  his  parts  of  trial  are 
sustained,  and  his  ordination  is  appointed  for  the  ap- 
proaching Sabbath,  the  29th. 

"  We  can  imagine  the  enthusiastic  assembling  of  the 
people  from  the  town  and  the  country  around  on  God's 


70  PRESBYTERY 

holy  day  to  hear  the  sermons  and  witness  the  cere- 
monies. When  Cornbury  came  into  power  over  this 
colony,  four  years  ago,  he  ordered  that  the  Prayer- 
Book  be  used  in  the  churches,  that  the  sacraments  be 
administered  only  by  persons  episcopally  ordained,  and 
that  all  ministers  without  ordination  of  that  sort  report 
themselves  to  the  Bishop  of  London.  (Webster,  p.  88.) 
I  do  not  think  that  Mr.  Boyd  is  likely  to  report  to  that 
high  functionary  for  apostolic  virtue,  appreciating  far 
higher  than  anything  the  bishop  can  confer,  the  laying 
on  of  the  hands  of  the  Presbytery  in  true  apostolic 
form  and  the  certificate  of  ordination  which  they  give 
him  on  Monday.  The  indignation  of  the  governor  may 
be  expected.  Cornbury  might  himself  have  learned 
something  valuable  from  our  young  minister's  common 
head,  De  regimine  Ecclesioe, 

"So  goes  out  the  eventful  3^ ear  1706,  w^earing  in  its 
last  days  as  a  coronal  the  first  purely  Presbyterian 
ordination  in  the  ^ew  World." 

Second  Meeting  of  Presbytery. 

The  meetings  of  the  Presbytery  were  annual.  The 
second  was  at  Philadelphia,  March  22,  1707.  Four 
ministers,  with  their  elders,  were  present.  The  minis- 
ters are  ranged  according  to  seniority,  but  the  elders 
according  to  their  position  in  society,  or  their  age. 
Wilson  is  first  on  the  roll,  and  his  elder,  John  Gardner, 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  71 

is  third ;  Andrews  is  second,  and  bis  elder,  Joseph  Yard, 
is  first ;  Taylor  is  third,  and  his  elder,  William  Smith, 
is  second,  while  Macnish  and  his  elder,  James  Stod- 
dard, stand  side  by  side.  Wilson  was  chosen  mode- 
rator by  a  plurality  of  votes,  and  Macnish  clerk.  It 
being  Saturday,  they  adjourned  till  Tuesday,  at  4  P.  M., 
after  having  refused  to  accept  the  excuse  Davis  had 
sent  by  letter  for  his  absence  from  the  meeting.  On 
Tuesday,  Makemie,  Hampton,  and  Boyd  appeared,  and 
the  meeting  was  opened  by  Makemie  and  Wilson  with 
discourses  on  the  first  and  second  verses  of  the  Epistle 
to  the  Hebrews,  as  appointed  at  the  meeting  of  the 
last  year.*  Wilson  wrote  requiring  Davis  to  attend 
the  next  meeting;  Hampton  gave  reasons  for  not 
accepting,  at  this  time,  the  call  to  Snow  Hill,  now 
tendered  to  him,  and  it  was  left  in  his  hands ;  Taylor 
wrote  to  the  people  to  encourage  their  efforts  for  a 
settled  minister  among  them,  and  Andrews  and  Boyd 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  prepare  overtures  for 
the  propagating  of  religion  in  the  congregations. 
Thus  the  enactments  of  the  youthful  Presbytery  are 
already  not  simply  ordinary,  but  authoritative. 

*  These  were  by  way  of  exercise  and  addition,  and  were  approved. 
After  the  Restoration,  the  Scottish  bishops  modelled  their  Synods 
after  the  Presbyterian  custom,  and  appointed  a  committee  called 
"  The  Brethren  of  the  Exercise,"  to  arrange  religious  exercises  during 
the  session. —  Webster. 


72  PRESBYTERY 

Sketches  of  Original  Members. 
A  brief  notice  of  the  original  members  of  the  Pres- 
bytery is  required  at  once  by  a  just  regard  for  their 
memory,  and  a  grateful  appreciation  of  the  benefit  of 
their  earnest  and  unwearied  labors  which  we  enjoy. 

Makemie. 
We  add  to  what  has  already  been  said  of  Mr. 
Makemie,  that,  after  the  service  he  rendered  in  assist- 
ing in  the  formation  of  the  Presbytery,  he  continued 
actively  and  usefully  engaged  in  missionary  tours 
among  the  destitute  settlers,  in  gathering  congregations 
and  furnishing  them  with  competent  ministers.  In 
1707  he  and  his  fellow-laborer,  the  Rev.  John  Hampton, 
stopped  a  few  days  in  ^ew  York,  on  their  way  to 
Kew  England.  Lord  Cornbury,*  the  Deputy  Gov- 
ernor, who  had  no  respect  for  the  Act  of  Toleration, 
forbade  the  use  of  the  Dutch  Church  to  Mr.  Makemie, 
whose  friends  secured  him  a  private  house.  There  he 
preached  "  in  as  public  a  manner  as  possible,  with  open 
doors. "f     Mr.  Hampton  was  granted  a  church  by  the 

*  Lord  Cornbury  was  a  cousin  of  Queen  Anne,  and  a  grandson  of 
the  famous  Earl  of  Clarendon,  the  unreliable  historian  and  apologist  of 
Stuart  and  Laudian  tyranny.  Openly  immoral,  bankrupt  in  property 
and  reputation  in  England,  flying  from  his  creditors  across  the  sea, 
made  Governor  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  this  outlawed  spend- 
thrift seemed  ambitious  to  prove  himself  the  patron  of  the  Church- 
men, and  they  were  glad  to  use  him. 

I  Appendix  V. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  73 

people  of  J^ewtown,  on  Long  Island.  They  were 
arrested.  In  the  presence  of  Lord  Cornbury,  Mr. 
Makemie  argued  that  the  Toleration  Act  extended  to 
all  the  colonies,  and  that  the  license  taken  in  Virginia 
was  good  in  ^ew  York.  The  answ^er  was,  "  You  are 
strolling  preachers ;  you  shall  not  spread  3^our  perni- 
cious doctrines  here."  "As  to  our  doctrines,"  said  Mr. 
Makemie,  with  admirable  dignity,  "  we  have  our  Con- 
fession of  Faith,  which  is  known  to  the  Christian 
world,  and  I  challenge  all  the  clergy  of  ^ew  York  to 
show  us  any  false  or  pernicious  doctrines  therein.  AYe 
are  able  to  prove  that  its  doctrinal  articles  agree  with 
those  of  the  Church  of  England."  "  But  these  articles," 
replied  the  Governor,  "you  have  not  signed."  "As  to 
the  Articles  of  Religion^''  said  Mr.  Makemie,  "I  have  a 
copy  in  my  pocket,  and  am  ready  at  all  times  to 
sign,  icith  those  exceptions  specified  in  the  law.^''  But  all 
argument  was  vain.  The  accused  were  sent  to  jail, 
where  they  continued  nearly  two  months.  At  the  end 
of  that  time  they  were  brought  before  the  Chief  Justice, 
who  had  been  absent  at  the  time  of  their  imprison- 
ment, by  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus^  and  admitted  to  bail, 
though  no  bill  was  found  by  the  Grand  Jury  against 
Mr.  Hampton,  as  he  had  not  preached  in  the  city,  and 
he  was  therefore  discharged.  In  June  following,  Mr. 
Makemie  returned  from  Virginia  to  [N'ew  York,  to 
stand  his  trial.  The  result  of  it  was  an  acquittal  by 
6 


74  PRESBYTERY 

the  jury.  But  the  Court  would  not  discharge  him 
from  his  recognizance  till  they  had  obliged  him  to  pay 
all  the  fees  of  his  prosecution,  which,  together  with  his 
expenses,  amounted  to  little  less  than  three  hundred 
dollars.  This  injustice  was  soon  denounced  by  the 
Legislature.  He  preached  in  the  French  Church,  and 
narrowly  escaped  arrest  in  !N'ew  Jersey.  At  Boston 
he  published  the  sermon  which  caused  his  imprison- 
ment. One  of  the  texts  was:  "  We  ought  to  obey  God 
rather  than  man." 

Even  after  this,  Mr.  Makemie  was  not  left  unmo- 
lested. He  narrowly  escaped  a  second  prosecution, 
based,  if  possible,  on  even  weaker  grounds  than  the 
first.  A  strange  intolerance  pursued  him,  as  a  chief 
offender,  but  the  object  was  to  obstruct  the  preaching 
of  all  Presbyterian  ministers.  The  Dutch  and  other 
Dissenters  neither  asked  nor  would  receive  a  license, 
yet  they  were  not  disturbed.  But  any  attempt  of 
Presbyterian  ministers  to  extend  their  Church  was 
seriously  obstructed.  There  is  also  evidence  that  l!^ew 
York  was  not  the  only  province  in  which  Mr.  Makemie 
had  to  encounter  grave  and  severe  intolerance.  His 
preaching,  far  and  wide,  drew  on  him  the  anger  of  the 
Virginia  clergy,  and  he  was  seized  and  carried  to  the 
Governor  at  Williamsburg,  but  his  noble  vindication 
obtained  for  him  the  Governor's  license  to  preach 
throughout  the  Old  Dominion;  and  as  a  result,  it  is 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  75 

thought,  of  his  argument,  the  Virginia  Legislature 
entered,  April  15th,  1699,  the  Act  of  Toleration  on 
their  Statute-book. 

It  must  be  added  that  in  the  Carolinas  also  Presby- 
terians were  made  to  feel  the  edge  of  intolerant  legis- 
lation. "  During  the  troublous  period  from  the  Resto- 
ration to  the  Revolution  (1660-1688),  they  had  sought 
a  shelter  from  persecution  in  a  colony  in  which  civil 
and  religious  rights  were  solemnly  guaranteed  to  them. 
They  had  increased  in  numbers,  and  amounted  in  South 
Carolina  to  several  thousands.  But,  in  1703,  by 
methods  that  savored  of  the  brutality  of  Jeffreys  and 
the  bigotry  of  James  II.,  the  Episcopal  was  made  by 
law  the  established  Church.  Dissenters  of  all  classes 
were  taxed  for  its  support,  and  those  who  did  not  con- 
form were  disfranchised.  They  who  had  left  England 
for  freedom  of  conscience  were  pursued  by  English 
intolerance  across  the  ocean,  and,  in  spite  of  their  ear- 
nest remonstrance  and  appeal  to  Parliament,  the  yoke 
was  fastened  to  their  necks,  and  they  were  politically 
and  socially  degraded  by  a  legislature  which,  to  prop 
up  Episcopacy,  violated  the  solemn  pledge  in  the  faith 
of  which  they  had  become  exiles  from  their  native 
land. 

"  Thus  amid  scenes  of  intolerance  and  persecution  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  this  country  commenced  its 
career.     But  it  soon  manifested,  in  the  persons  of  its 


76  PRESBYTERY 

adherents,  a  vital  energy  tliat  was  to  overbear  obnoxious 
statutes  and  tyrannic  legislation.  The  treatment  which 
Mr.  Makemie,  Hubbard,  Hampton,  Macnish,  and  others 
experienced  at  the  hands  of  royal  governors  or  servile 
judges,  fitly  links  the  history  of  American  Presby- 
terianism  with  the  memories  of  the  English,  Irish,  and 
Scotch  Dissenters  under  the  reigns  of  the  Stuarts." 

Dr.  Howe,  in  his  "History  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  South  Carolina,"  referring  to  a  letter  written 
by  Mr.  Makemie  from  Elizabeth  Piver,  Virginia,  July 
22,  1684,  and  to  another  of  the  date  of  July  28,  1685,* 
says:  "From  this  evidence  it  appears  that  serious 
thoughts  had  been  entertained  by  Makemie  of  settling 
at  Charles-Town.  Webster  says  '  he  visited  Carolina 
in  the  Fall  of  1683.'  In  his  determination  to  settle 
elsewhere,  the  new  colony  of  South  Carolina  lost  the 
services  of  one  of  the  most  active  ministers  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church,  one  who  by  Eeid  is  said,  though  not 
with  entire  truth,  to  be  the  first  Presbyterian  minister 
who  settled  in  ISTorth  America,  and  one  who,  more  than 
au}^  other,  has  been  regarded  its  founder." 

Makemie' s  Death. 

Mr.  Makemie  died  at  his  residence  in  Virginia,  in 
the  Summer  of  1708,  leaving  a  widow  and  two  daughters. 
He  w^as  buried  on  the  plantation  where  his  happy  wed- 

*  Appendix  YIII. 


OF    PHILADELPHIA.  77 

ded  years  had  been  spent — the  Anderson  property 
which  looks  out  to  the  "  mother  of  waters."  His  grave 
has  been  identified.  "  We  know,"  sa^^s  Dr.  Bowen, 
"  where  our  Makemie  sleeps.  '  Committing  my  body 
to  ye  dust  decently  to  be  interred,'  but  now,  alas,  the 
sacrilege  and  the  desecration !  It  cannot  hurt  him.  So 
sleeps  the  dust  of  John  Calvin,  under  almost '  equal 
neglect." 

Mr.  Makemie  made  liberal  bequests  to  charitable  ob- 
jects, and  distributed  his  valuable  library  among  his 
family,  and  two  or  three  other  friends.  An  original 
portrait  of  him  was  destroyed  in  the  burning  of  the 
house  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Balch,  of  Georgetown,  D.  C."^ 
"  His  influence,"  says  a  vigorous  writer,  "  in  the 
region  in  which  he  chiefly  exercised  his  ministry  was 
extensive  and  powerful.  In  that  peninsula  where  he 
was  most  at  home,  we  still  find  '  Makemie's  churches.' 
They  are  his  eulogy.  If  he  had  travelled  up  the  Chesa- 
peake Bay  and  the  Susquehanna  River  to  Harrisburg, 
thence  to  ^ew  York,  and  thence  along  the  coast  back 
to  his  house,  he  would  have  measured  the  triangle  in 
which  Presbj^terianism  was  then  flourishing.  Within 
those  limits  the  pioneer  was  soon  followed  by  the  edu- 
cator and  the  theologian,  for  whom  he  had  prepared 

*  What  a  warning  to  the  owners  of  such  valuable  treasures  to 
deposit  them  In  the  fire-proof  rooms  of  the  Presbyterian  Historical 
Society  ! 


78  PRESBYTERY 

the  way  with  his  zeal,  diligence,  wisdom,  piety,  and 
generous  spirit.  Without  sectarianism,  he  loved  his 
church."  The  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  Miller,  upon  the  autho- 
rity^ of  some  venerable  men  of  the  generation  imme- 
diately succeeding  him,  speaks  of  him  as  "  a  man  of 
eminent  piety  and  strong  intellectual  powers,  adding  to 
force  of  talent,  a  fascinating  address,  and  being  con- 
spicuous for  his  natural  endowments,  and  his  dignity 
and  faithfulness  as  a  minister  of  the  gospel." 

Dr.  Sprague  says  of  Mr.  Makemie,  "  His  great  dis- 
tinction is,  that  he  was  undoubtedly  the  first  regular 
and  thorough  Presbyterian  minister  in  this  country, 
and  he  may  justly  be  regarded  as  the  father  of  the 
(American)  Presbyterian  Church."  According  to  Dr. 
Gillett,  "  The  man  to  whom  the  honor  of  laying  the 
foundations  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  as  an  organized 
body,  in  this  country,  belongs  is  Francis  Makemie." 

Hampton. 

John  Hampton  was  probably  the  son  of  "William 
Hampton  of  Burt,  in  the  Presbytery  of  Laggan,  Ire- 
land, for  that  Presbytery,  on  Sept.  27,  1692,  resolved  to 
give  some  help  to  Mr.  John  Hampton,  at  the  school, 
and  Oct.  30,  1694,  they  resolved  that  "  as  soon  as  he 
shall  go  to  college,  they  will  allow  him  £10  per  annum 
during  the  time  of  his  stay  there."  He  is  entered  at 
the  University  of  Glasgow,  March  9, 1696,  in  the  third 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  79 

class  in  Hiberiius.  His  migration  to  America,  in  com- 
pany with  Mr.  Makemie  on  his  return  from  England, 
has  been  already  mentioned.  Lord  Cornbury  speaks  of 
him  as  "  a  young  Presbyterian  minister  lately  come  to 
settle  in  Maryland."  His  arrest  and  imprisonment  for 
preaching  in  ISTew  York  are  noticed  in  the  preceding 
sketch  of  Mr.  Makemie.  He  was  called  to  Snow  Hill, 
Maryland,  in  March,  1707,  the  salary  to  be  paid  in 
tobacco.  He  was  "  inaugurated"  by  Mr.  Macnish.  He 
also  served  Pitt's  Creek.  He  was  long  in  feeble  health, 
and  visited  his  native  country  in  1717  for  his  recovery, 
and  the  Synod,  in  the  following  Fall,  accepted  his  resig- 
nation of  the  pastoral  care  of  his  people,  because  he 
could  not  perform  his  duty  to  them  "  without  apparent 
hazard  of  his  life,  through  bodily  indisposition."  He 
died  in  1721. 

Macnish. 

George  Macnish  was  a  native  of  Scotland.  He  is  en- 
tered at  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  the  third  class, 
March  1, 1698.  The  students  from  Scotland  have  no 
nationality  given.  There  can  be  no  doubt,  therefore, 
that  Mr.  Macnish  was  a  Scotsman.  After  coming  to 
this  country  in  1705  with  Mr.  Makemie,  he  labored  for 
a  short  time  among  the  people  of  Monokin  and  Wico- 
mico, in  Maryland,  but,  it  appears,  was  not  settled  as  their 
pastor.     In  1710  he  was  the  Moderator  of  the  Presby- 


80  PRESBYTERY 

terj.  In  this  year  he  settled  at  Jamaica,  Long  Island, 
where  he  was  instrumental  in  forming,  1717,  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Long  Island.  In  1716  Mr.  Macnish  was 
again  Moderator  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  and 
consequently  preached  the  Synodical  Sermon  at  the 
first  meeting  of  the  Synod  of  Philadelphia,  in  1717. 
The  same  year  he  was  deputed  by  the  Synod  to  act  as 
its  representative  abroad,  for  the  promotion  of  religion 
in  this  country.  This  visit,  however,  he  did  not  make, 
but  the  appointment  and  other  important  service  as- 
signed him  prove  that  he  was  a  leading  and  influential 
minister,  and  enjoyed,  in  no  small  degree,  the  confidence 
of  his  brethren.  In  1723  the  Synod  recorded  its  "  great 
grief"  at  the  decease  of  Mr.  Macnish.  In  the  Church 
Register  of  l!^ewtown  it  is  stated  that  he  died  March  10, 
1722.   His  remains  wereburied  in  the  Jamaica  Cemetery. 

Davis. 

Samuel  Davis  is  believed  to  have  been  from  Ireland. 
He  was  next  to  Mr.  Makemie  in  point  of  years,  and, 
like  him,  engaged  in  business.  We  find  him  recorded 
in  court,  in  Somerset  County,  Maryland,  February 
26,  1684,  as  performing  a  marriage  ceremony,  and  on 
August  12,  1691,  as  receiving  a  legacy  by  the  will 
of  John  Galbreath,  as  "  minister  at  Snow  Hill."  He 
resided  at  Lewes,  Delaware,  as  early  as  1692.  He  was 
Moderator  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  in  1709. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  81 

"  At  the  formation  of  the  Presbytery,"  says  AVebster, 
"  he  was  prevented  by  business  from  performing  the 
duties  of  a  pastor,  and,  on  the  failure  of  the  people  of 
Lewes  to  obtain  Mr.  Golden  from  Scotland,  he  con- 
tinued to  supply  them  as  much  as  the  condition  and 
posture  of  his  affairs  allowed.*  In  1715  he  joined  with 
them  in  their  request  to  Presbytery  to  have  a  minister 
settled  over  them.  On  Hampton's  resignation  of  his 
charge,  he  removed  to  Snow  Hill,  and  preached  there 
probably  till  his  death,  in  the  summer  of  1725." 

Wilson. 
John  Wilson  arrived  in  this  country  in  1686.  As  early 
as  1702,  he  preached  in  the  Court-House,  at  l!^ew  Castle, 
Delaw^are,  but,  becoming  dissatisfied,  removed.  After 
a  brief  absence  he  returned.  He  had  no  pastoral  rela- 
tion to  that  congregation.  In  1708,  he  was  directed  by 
Presbytery  to  preach  alternatel}^  on  the  Sabbath  at 
New  Castle  and  White  Clay,  and  monthly  on  a  week- 

*  In  a  letter  of  Thomas  Crawford  to  Rev.  Mr.  Stubbs,  April  8, 
1706,  from  Dover  Hundred,  he  says:  "  Sir,  I  was  invited  by  the 
gentlemen  of  the  west  county  (viz.  Sussex),  and  upon  their  desir-e  I 
went  and  preached  at  one  Captain  Hill's  house,  then  at  Lewistown, 
and  on  a  third  time  in  another  place,  and  I  found  them  all  in  general 
inclined  to  the  Church  (tho'  an  Irish  Presbyterian  has  preached  there 
some  years),  and  after  conversation  with  them  they  joined  in  an  ad- 
dress to  my  Lord  of  London  for  a  minister."  (Perry,  Hist.  Coll.) 
"The  Irish  Presbyterian  referred  to,"  says  Dr.  Briggs,  "seems  to 
be  Davis." 


82  PRESBYTERY 

day,  and  quarterly  and  Sabbath,  at  Apoquinimy.  In 
1710,  he  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Anderson  at 
New  Castle,  and  probably  devoted  all  his  time  to  White 
Clay  till  his  death,  in  1712. 

Andre-ws. 
Jedediah  Andrews  was  born  at  Hingham,  Mass.,  July 
7,  1674.  He  graduated  at  Harvard  in  1695.  In  1698 
he  came  to  Philadelphia,  and  preached  in  a  building  on 
the  northwest  corner  of  Chestnut  and  Second  Streets, 
which  had  been  used  by  the  "  Barbadoes  Company," 
and  which  was  also  occupied  at  the  same  time,  by  a 
mutual  arrangement,  by  the  Baptists  of  the  city,  as 
their  place  of  worship.*  He  was  probably  ordained  in 
the  Fall  of  1701,  for  his  "  Record  of  Baptisms  and  Mar- 
riages" begins  "  1701,  tenth  month,  fourteenth  day."  In 
1704  his  congregation  left  their  first  place  of  worship, 
and  erected  a  frame  building  on  the  south  side  of  Mar- 
ket (then  Buttonwood)  Street,  between  Second  and 
Third  Streets,  the  first,  and  for  many  years  the  only 
Presbyterian  Church  in  the  city.  After  his  settlement 
in  Philadelphia,  one  of  many  obstacles  which  he  had 
to  encounter  was  the  jealousy  of  the  Episcopal  mis- 
sionaries, especially  that  of  George  Keith.f 

*  Appendix  VII. 

f  George  Keith  was  born  in  Scotland  in  1638,  and  a  graduate  of 
Aberdeen  in  the  class  with  Burnet,  Bishop  of  Salisbury.  A  promi- 
nent minister  in  the  Society  of  Friends,  he  was  disowned  in  Phila- 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  83 

But,  notwithstanding  all  the  adverse  influences  with 
which  he  had  to  contend,  Mr.  Andrews  was  greatly 
encouraged  in  his  work.  His  labors  were  not  confined 
to  the  proper  bounds  of  his  congregation.  Like 
Makemie  he  was  a  missionary,  and  felt  the  burden  of 
care  for  the  churches.  Makemie,  as  we  have  seen, 
traversed  the  country  to  Boston,  and  crossed  the  ocean, 
to  obtain  ministers.  Andrews  could  not  well  leave  his 
post,  but  he  was  scarcely  less  active.  He  went  abroad 
on  preaching  tours  through  the  surrounding  region,  in 
Pennsylvania  and  the  Jerseys,  and  thus  was  instru- 
mental in  forming  at  various  points,  the  nuclei  of  con- 
gregations which  were  subsequently  organized  and  grew 
into  importance  for  their  size  and  influence.  He  was 
Recording  Clerk  of  the  Presbytery*  and  of  the  Synod 
as  long  as  he  lived.     He  died  in  1 747-1 

delphia,  as  a  disturber.  Failing  in  his  attempts  to  form  a  sect  em- 
bodying the  differences  for  which  he  contended,  he  took  orders  in 
England,  and  his  efforts  in  America,  from  New  Hampshire  to  Cur- 
rituck, entitle  him  to  the  credit  of  being  the  apostle  of  Prelacy,  and 
the  successful  founder  of  the  English  Church  on  a  permanent  basis 
along  the  sea-coast. 

*  The  church  of  which  Mr.  Andrews  was  pastor  was  represented 
by  elders  in  Presbytery  from  the  first.  He  was  punctual  in  his  at- 
tendance on  every  meeting,  being  accompanied  by  Joseph  Yard  for 
eight  years,  in  1716,  by  David  Giffing  for  six  successive  years,  and 
frequently  after  by  John  Snowden,  occasionally  from  1723  by  John 
Budd,  and  regularly  from  1732  to  1746  by  William  Gray. 

f  Appendix  VI. 


84  PRESBYTERY 

Taylor. 

Nathaniel  Taylor,  Dr.  Hodge  maintains,  was  a  min- 
ister from  Scotland.  "A  considerable  number  of 
Scotch,"  he  says,  "  settled  in  Maryland.  Col.  N'inian 
Beall,  a  native  of  Fifeshire,  having  become  implicated 
in  the  troubles  arising  out  of  the  conflict  with  Epis- 
copacy, fled  first  to  Barbadoes,  and  thence  removed  to 
Maryland,  where  he  made  an  extensive  purchase  of 
land,  covering  much  of  the  present  site  of  Washington 
and  Georgetown.  He  sent  home  to  urge  his  friends 
and  neighbors  to  join  him  in  his  exile,  and  had  in- 
fluence enough  to  induce  about  two  hundred  to  come 
over.  They  arrived  about  1690,  bringing  with  them 
their  pastor,  the  Rev.  J^athaniel  Taylor,  and  formed 
the  Church  and  congregation  of  Upper  Marlborough. 
(MS.  by  the  late  Dr.  Balch,  of  Georgetown.)"*  Mr. 
Taylor  was  a  punctual  attendant  on  every  meeting  of 
Presbytery  till  his  death  in  1710.  His  elder  in  1707 
was  William  Smith,  and  in  1708  and  1709  James 
Bell  (Beall?) 

Boyd. 

John  Boyd,  who  was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Philadelphia,  December  29,  1706,  at  Freehold,  was  a 

*  Dr.  Briggs  says,  "We  have  not  been  able  to  find  any  such 
name  as  Nathaniel  Taylor  in  the  Registers  of  the  Universities  of 
Scotland,  or  among  the  ministers  of  the  Church  of  Scotland.  The 
name  is  rather  an  English  Puritan  name.  It  seems  much  more  likely 
that  Nathaniel  Taylor  was  sent  from  New  England." 


OF   PHILADELPHIA. 


85 


native  of  Scotland,  and  was  possibly  licensed  in  that 
country  to  preach.  At  least  he  appears  as  ministering 
to  the  people  of  Freehold  in  1706.  His  name  is  entered 
in  the  University  of  Glasgow,  as  a  student  of  the  4th 
class,  March  11, 1701,  without  nationality.  Two  years 
after  his  ordination,  steps  were  taken  to  have  him 
regularly  installed  at  Freehold,  when  he  died.* 

*  The  names  of  the  Elders  -who  attended  one  or  more  of  the  meet- 
ings of  the  Presbytery  from  its  organization  until  1716,  are  as 
follows : — 

James  Caldwell. 
James  Bell. 


Joseph  Yard. 
William  Smith. 
John  Gardener. 
James  Stoddard. 

Bell. 

John  Gray. 
Alexander  Bell. 
William  Fosset.   . 
Robert  Wilson. 
Alexander  Brown. 
Benjamin  Aidlett. 
John  Steel. 
Adam  Spence. 
Segfrigus  Alricks. 
Thomas  Pike. 
Isaac  Piper. 
John  Purges. 
Isaac  Dilbeck. 
Rowlaph  Dehaws. 


Alexander  AVhite. 
Samuel  Hopkins. 
Alexander  Beal. 
Hugh  Porter. 
Hans  Hanson. 
Joseph  Sealy. 
Sylvester  Garland, 
William  Scott. 
James  Alexander. 
Ephraim  Sayer. 
Thomas  Heyward. 
John  Parsons. 
Evan  Rowland. 
John  Dredden. 
David  Giffin. 
Enoch  Anderson. 


86  PRESBYTERY 

Religious  Views  of  the  Founders  of  our  Church, 

The  religious  views  of  these  founders  of  our  Church 
— whether  they  came  from  Scotland  or  from  Ireland — 
were  equally  decided  and  well-known.  They  stead- 
fastly adhered  to  "  the  form  of  sound  words"  laid 
down  in  the  Westminster  Standards,  which  they  held 
to  be  the  fullest,  the  clearest,  and  the  most  Scrip- 
tural exhibition  of  the  truths  of  revelation  which  had 
been  drawn  up  for  the  use  of  the  church  in  any  age. 
All  the  influences  which  had  been  brought  to  bear  on 
the  Scottish  population,  from  the  reign  of  James  I.  till 
that  of  William  III.,  had  never  infected  them  with  the 
leaven  of  Pelagian  or  Socinian  error.  In  Ireland,  the 
population  was  equally  Calvinistic  and  Evangelical. 
The  Ulster  Scots  maintained  their  principles  through 
the  storm  as  well  as  in  the  calm,  resisting  alike  the 
minions  of  the  Stuarts  during  the  monarchy,  and  the 
proffered  endowments  or  the  frowns  of  the  officials  of 
Cromwell  in  the  days  of  the  Commonwealth.  They 
could  leave  the  country,  but  they  could  not  abandon 
their  principles.  Xo  prelatic  forms  had  crept  into  the 
system  of  Church  government  to  which  they  were 
attached,  and  they  were  equally  free  from  Arminian 
views,  while  no  elements  of  Congregationalism  had 
been  adopted  into  their  discipline.  They  were  as 
much  opposed  to  Independency,  on  the  one  hand,  as 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  87 

they  were  to  Prelacy,  on  the  other,  and  that  form  of 
Church  government  which  they  loved,  and  for  the 
maintainance  of  which  they  had  testified  in  days  of 
trial,  they  brought  with  them  to  these  shores. 

Our  Emigrant  Fathers. 

"The  training  through  which,  in  Scotland  and  Ire- 
land, our  emigrant  fathers  had  been  conducted,"  says 
Dr.  Blackwood,*  "  was  admirably  adapted  to  consti- 
tute them  wise  and  energetic  founders  of  new  States. 
They  were  lovers  of  liberty,  but  they  respected  law, 
and  it  was  a  portion  of  their  creed  that  the  ofiace 
of  the  civil  magistrate  is  of  God.  Such  a  people 
were  eminently  qualified  for  establishing  and  main- 
taining the  institutions  of  a  free  country.  All  national 
associations  of  men  require  the  influence  of  a  restrain- 
ing power.  An  atheistical  or  an  immoral  people  may 
be  controlled  by  the  presence  of  a  military  force  which 
represents  and  carries  out  the  will  of  an  autocrat,  but 
a  moral,  religious,  and  educated  people,  among  whom 
the  fear  of  God  dwells,  and  the  influences  of  religion 
are  in  full  operation,  will  require  little  external  force 
or  compulsion  to  secure  the  observance  of  order  or 

*  Introduction  to  Webster's  "  History  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
in  America." 


88  PRESBYTERY 

obedience  to  just  and  equitable  laws.  Their  religion 
and  their  politics  both  take  hold  on  the  sanctions  of 
eternity,  and  in  their  integrity,  their  obedience  to  law, 
and  their  respect  for  those  who  rule,  it  will  be  seen  that 
true  religion  is  the  only  safe  foundation  on  which  the 
edifice  of  civil  society,  especially  in  a  republic,  can  be 
erected  with  any  rational  prospect  of  permanence." 

Such  were  our  emigrant  fathers.  "  Their  moral  prin- 
ciples were  derived  from  the  words  of  Him  who  lives 
and  abides  forever,  and  the  commands  of  God,  and  the 
awful  retributions  of  eternity,  gave  force  to  these  prin- 
ciples, which  became  a  living  powder  and  a  controlling 
influence.  The  time  has  but  just  passed  when  the 
schoolmaster  from  Ireland  taught  the  children  of  the 
Valley  of  Virginia,  and  the  upper  part  of  the  Caroli- 
nas,  as  they  taught  in  the  mother-country, — when  the 
children  and  youth  at  school  recited  the  Assembly's 
Catechism  once  a  week,  and  read  parts  of  the  Bible 
every  day.  The  circle  of  their  instruction  was  circum- 
scribed, but  the  children  were  taught  to  speak  the" 
truth  and  defend  it;  to  keep  a  good  conscience,  and 
fear  God— the  foundation  of  good  citizens  and  great 
men.  "Wherever  they  settled  in  America,  besides  the 
common  schools,  they  turned  their  attention  to  high- 
schools  and  academies,  and  to  colleges,  to  educate  men 
for-  all  the  departments  of  life,  carrying  in  their  emi- 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  89 

gration  the  deep  conviction  that  without  sound  educa- 
tion there  could  be  no  permanence  in  religious  or  civil 
institutions,  or  any  pure  and  undebased  enjoyments  of 
domestic  life."* 

*  Foote's  Sketches  of  North  Carolina. 


90  PRESBYTERY 


CHAPTER  IV. 

GROWTH  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY — SKETCHES  OF  THE  CONGRE- 
GATIONS CONNECTED  WITH  IT  AT  THE  TIME  OF  ITS 
ORGANIZATION  AND  OF  NEW  MEMBERS  SUBSEQUENTLY 
ADDED  TO  IT — DIVISION  OF  PRESBYTERY — INCREASE  OF 
THE   CHURCH. 

In  1707  the  number  of  ministers  belonging  to 
Presbj^tery  was  eight.  In  1716  the  whole  number  was 
twenty-five,  of  whom  seventeen  were  still  living  and  in 
connection  with  the  Presbytery.* 

Churches  in  Maryland. 

As  to  the  Churches  represented  in  Presbytery  at  the 
time  of  its  orsranization,  there  were  in  Marvland  the 
churches  of  Upper  Marlborough,  Rehoboth,  Snow 
Hill,  Monokin,  and  Wicomico.  "  The  first  of  these 
congregations,  as  previously  stated,  was  formed  by  a 
company  of  Scotch  emigrants  who  came  to  this  country 
with  their  pastor,  Rev.  i^athaniel  Taylor,  about  the 

*  Of  the  eight  members  whose  names  do  not  appear  on  the  minutes 
in  1716,  Messrs.  Makemie,  Wilson,  Taylor,  Boyd,  and  Lawson  were 
dead,  Messrs.  Smith,  Wade,  and  Van  Cleck  had  withdrawn. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  91 

year  1690.  The  other  four  churches  were  in  Somer- 
set County,  on  the  eastern  shore,  and  were,  at  least  in 
their  growth,  the  fruits  of  Mr.  Makeraie's  labors."  Of 
Snow  Hill,  Mr.  Spence,  in  his  "  Letters,"  gives  the  fol- 
lowing account :  "  A  town  to  be  called  Snowhill  was 
established  in  Somerset,  now  Worcester  County,  by  an 
act  of  the  provincial  legislature,  passed  in  1684,  and  I 
believe,"  he  adds,  "  that  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
that  place  is  nearly  or  quite  as  old  as  the  town.  Snow- 
hill  was  settled  by  English  Episcopalians,  and  Scotch 
and  Irish  Presbyterians,  and  it  is  certain  that  persons 
resided  there  at  the  time,  or  soon  after  the  time  in 
which  the  town  was  laid  out,  who  were  afterwards 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  My  ancestor,  to 
whom  I  have  already  alluded,  was  a  ruling  elder  in 
that  Church."  Of  this  family  of  churches  Rehoboth  is 
commonly  considered  to  be  the  eldest.  It  consisted 
originally  of  English  dissenters.  Their  first  pastor  was 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Makemie,  who,  in  his  will,  directs  his 
executrix  "  to  make  over  and  alienate  the  lot  on  which 
the  meeting-house  is  built,  in  as  ample  a  manner,  to  all 
intents  and  purposes,  as  shall  be  required  for  the  ends 
and  uses  of  a  Presbyterian  congregation,  as  if  I  were 
personally  present,  and  to  their  successors  for  ever,  and 
to  none  else  but  to  such  as  are  of  the  same  persuasion 
in  matters  of  religion."  {Spence^  p.  89,  and  also  Letter 
XIII.)    It  may  be  inferred  from  the  terms  of  this  be- 


92  PRESBYTERY 

quest,  and  from  the  character  of  its  founder,  that  this 
Church  was  strictly  Presbyterian,  a  point  which,  it  is 
believed,  has  never  been  disputed.  The  congregations 
of  Monokin  and  Wicomico  were  under  the  pastoral  care 
of  Mr.  Macnish,  and  were  organized  before  1705,  the 
date  of  his  application  to  the  court  for  permission  to 
preach.  It  can  hardly  be  presumed  that  these  five 
Presbyterian  congregations  with  distinct  church  edifices, 
some  of  them  within  fifteen  miles  of  each  other,  could, 
at  so  early  a  pei'iod,  and  in  so  thinly  settled  a  part  of 
the  country,  have  been  formed  in  a  few  years.  And 
as  they  all  existed  prior  to  1705,  and  as  Mr.  Makemie 
had  resided  and  labored  in  that  district  for  near 
twenty  years  before  that  date,  preceded  by  others, 
it  is  altogether  probable  that  several  of  them  were 
formed  before  the  commencement  of  the  last  century. 
That  they  were  all  Presbyterian  Churches  never  has 
been  questioned.  As  early  as  1723,  as  appears  from  a 
recorded  deed,  the  Church  at  Monokin  had  eight  elders.* 
White  Clay  Creek,  New  Castle,  and  Apoquinimy  were 
associated,  as  appears  from  the  following  record  made 
in  1709 :  "  Ordered  that  Mr.  Wilson  (pastor  of  New 
Castle)  preach  at  Apoquinimy  once  a  month  upon  a 

*  Sjjence's  Let.  Ap.  E.  That  deed  is  to  the  Rev.  William  Stew- 
ard and  others,  the  elders  ' '  and  their  successors  forever,  for  the  use, 
support,  and  continuance  of  a  meeting-house,  for  the  worship  and 
service  of  Almighty  God,  according  to  the  Presbyterian  persuasion, 
and  for  no  other  use  whatever." 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  93 

week  day,  and  one  Sabbath  in  a  quarter  till  the  afore- 
said meeting,  provided  always  that  the  Sabbath  day's 
sermon  be  taken  from  the  White  Clay  Creek  people 
their  time." 

Church  in  Philadelphia. 

The  first  church  in  Philadelphia  was  organized  about 
1698.  A  number  of  English  and  Welsh  dissenters, 
together  with  some  French  Protestants,  had  for  some 
time  been  accustomed  to  assemble  for  religious  worship, 
in  connection  with  a  few  Baptists,  in  a  storehouse  at  the 
corner  of  Chestnut  and  Second  Streets,  belonging  to 
the  Barbadoes  Company.  !N'either  party  had  a  settled 
pastor,  but  the  Rev.  Mr.  Watts,  a  Baptist  minister  of 
Pennepek,  had  agreed  to  preach  for  them  every  other 
Lord's  day.  This  gentleman  says  in  his  narrative,* 
"  that  divers  of  the  persons  w^ho  came  to  that  assembly 
were  Presbyterians  in  judgment,  they  having  no  min- 
ister of  their  own,  and  we  having  hitherto  made  no 
scruple  of  holding  communion  with  them  in  the  public 
worship  of  God."  The  Presbyterians,  probably  finding 
themselves  unpleasantly  situated,  determined  upon  call- 
ing a  minister,  and  invited  the  Rev.  Jedediah  Andrews, 
from  Boston,  who  accepted  their  invitation  and  arrived 
in  Philadelphia  in  1698.     Shortly  after  his  arrival,  dis- 

*  Edwards'  Materials  for  a  History  of  the  Baptists,  vol   i.  104. 


94  PRESBYTERY 

sensions  arose  between  the  Baptists  and  Presbyterians, 
which  resulted  in  their  separation.*  The  former  with- 
drew, leaving  the  latter  in  possession  of  the  storehouse, 
where  they  continued  to  worship  until  1704,  when  they 
removed  to  a  new  meeting-house  on  Market  Street. 

Church  at  New  Castle  and  Lewes. 

In  the  manuscript  history  of  the  Church  in  JSTew 
Castle,  it  is  stated  that  the  first  account  of  a  Presby- 
terian congregation  in  that  town  is  about  1704,  at  which 
time  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wilson  was  the  pastor.  August  15, 
1707,  a  deed  for  a  lot  of  land  was  made  to  certain  per- 
sons in  trust  "  for  the  use  of  the  Presbyterian  congre- 
gation in  isTew  Castle,  on  which  they  were  to  build  a 
house  for  public  worship."  "  The  Church  at  Lewes  w^as 
organized  about  the  same  time,  though  no  record  goes 
further  back  than  1708."--Dr.  Hodge. 

Churches  in  New  Jersey. 

The  first  of  the  churches  in  New  Jersey  to  attach 
themselves  to  the  Presbytery  was  Freehold.  The  origin 
of  that  church  is  as  follows :  In  1685  a  handful  of 
Presbyterians,  w^ho  had  suffered  in  the  bloody  persecu- 
tions of  Charles  II.,  were  shipped  from  Scotland  to  be 
sold  as  slaves  in  the  Colonies.     But  their  captain  died, 

*  Appendix  VII. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  95 

and  his  successor  determined  to  take  liis  cargo  to  Vir- 
ginia, as  likely  there  to  find  the  best  market.  But  a 
tempestuous  voyage  drove  them  into  Perth  Amboy,  and 
being  set  free  by  the  authorities  they  determined  to 
locate  in  Kew  Jersey.  Many  of  them  settled  in  Mon- 
mouth County.  True  to  their  extraction  and  education 
they  gave  immediate  attention  to  religious  privileges. 
They  formed  themselves  into  a  church  as  early  as  1692, 
and  probably  had  built  a  house  of  worship  before  that 
time.  They  called  their  church  Freehold.  Among 
their  number  was  John  Boyd,  who  was  probably 
licensed  to  preach  in  Scotland.  At  least  he  appears  as 
ministering  to  that  people'  in  1706.  As  previously 
stated,  in  December  of  that  year  he  was  ordained  in  his 
own  public  meeting-house,  and,  after  two  years,  steps 
were  taken  to  have  him  regularly  installed,  when  he 
died.  Then,  for  twenty  years.  Rev.  Joseph  Morgan 
ministered  to  that  people,  though  it  is  not  certain  when 
he  was  installed.  Mr.  Morgan  was  received  into  the 
Presbytery  in  1710. 

Cohanzy. 

The  second  church  which  applied  to  Presbytery  was 
Cohanzy,  in  West  Jersey.  The  settlement  on  Cohanzy 
was  made  from  Fairfield  County,  Connecticut,  and  they 
named  their  new  homes  Fairfield  and  Greenwich,  after 
the  towns  from  which  they  came.    It  is  said  the  church 


96  PRESBYTERY 

was  formed  in  1700,  and  supplied  by  Mr.  Black.  The 
Rev.  Thomas  Bridge  preached  at  Cohanzy  in  1702  or 
1703,  and  was  called  from  there  to  a  pastorate  in  Bos- 
ton. The  Rev.  Joseph  Smith,  a  graduate  of  Harvard 
in  1695,  who  preached  for  a  time  at  Brookfield,  Mass., 
came  to  Cohanzy  at  the  instance  of  his  college  class- 
mate, Mr.  Andrews,  who  said  they  were  "  the  best  peo- 
ple in  this  neighborhood,"  and  in  May,  1708,  he  was 
received  as  a  probationer  by  the  Presbytery,  and  a 
committee  was  appointed  to  install  him. 

Woodbridge. 
At  the  same  meeting,  letters  from  "Woodbridge  in- 
formed the  Presbytery  of  a  difference  in  the  church  at 
that  place  about  the  pastor.  Rev.  Nathaniel  Wade,  and 
solicited  their  aid  in  settling  the  difficulty.  Presby- 
tery wrote  in  a  kind  and  conciliatory  spirit  to  the  min- 
isters of  Fairfield  County.  In  September,  1710,  Mr. 
Wade  desired  to  be  a  member  of  the  Presbytery,  and 
was  received,  having  satisfied  the  brethren  by  "  letters, 
testimonials,  and  personal  arguings,  that  his  proceed- 
ings gave  just  ground  for  his  acceptance."  Mr.  Wade 
sat  in  Presbytery  in  1711,  with  his  elder,  Thomas  Pike, 
and  resigned  all  pastoral  relations  to  the  people  in 
Woodbridge. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  97 

Presbyterians  in  Great  Valley. 

The  Presbytery  in  1710  took  under  their  care  David 
Evans,  a  Welshman,  as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry. 
"  Welsh  Presbyterian  congregations  (says  Webster)  ex- 
isted in  Pencader,  or  the  Welsh  Tract,  and  in  Tredryf- 
fryn,  or  the  Great  Valley,  in  Chester  County,  as  early 
as  1710,  for  in  that  year  the  Presbytery  agreed  that 
David  Evans  had  done  very  ill  in  preaching  or  teach- 
ing in  the  latter  place,  and  he  was  censured  for  acting 
irregularly,  and  for  invading  the  work  of  the  ministry. 
As  the  most  proper  method  to  advance  him  in  neces- 
sary literature,  and  prepare  him  for  the  ministerial 
work,  he  was  directed  to  lay  aside  all  other  business  for 
a  twelvemonth,  and  apply  himself  closely  to  learning 
and  study  under  the  direction  of  Andrews.  Liberty 
was  given  to  Andrews,  Wilson,  and  Anderson  to  take 
him  on  trials,  and  at  their  discretion  to  license  him. 

"  In  1711  a  committee  of  Presb}- tery  examined  him, 
and  approved  of  his  hopeful  proficiency,  and  he  was 
allowed  to  preach  as  a  candidate  for  one  year,  under 
the  direction  of  Andrews,  Wilson,  and  Anderson.  In 
the  next  Fall,  David  Evans,  a  candidate,  was  chosen 
clerk  of  Presbytery,  his  penmanship  being  careful  and 
in  the  extreme  curious.  The  people  of  Welsh  Tract 
and  Great  Valley  petitioned  that  he  might  be  ordained, 
but,  though  he  had  made  considerable  proficiency,  it 
was  voted  that  he  should  continue  to  study  as  before. 


98  PRESBYTERY 

"  In  1713  he  graduated  at  Yale  College,  and  was  sent 
at  the  request  of  the  people  to  reside  at  Welsh  Tract 
and  preach  there.  The}^  gave  him  a  unanimous  call, 
and,  after  a  thorough  examination  and  the  usual  trials, 
he  was  ordained,  November  3,  1714.  There  being 
divers  persons  in  the  Great  Valley  with  whom  he  was 
concerned,  they  were  declared  a  distinct  society  from 
his  pastoral  charge."  Mr.  Evans  died  before  May, 
1751. 

Anderson. 

The  Rev.  James  Anderson  was  next  received  by  the 
Presbytery.  Mr.  Anderson  was  born  in  Scotland,  [N'o- 
vember  17, 1678,  and  was  ordained  by  Irvine  Presbytery, 
November  17,  1708,  with  a  view  to  his  settlement  in 
Virginia.  He  arrived  in  the  Eappahannock  April  22, 
1709,  but  the  state  of  things  not  warranting  his  stay, 
he  came  northward,  and  was  received  by  the  Presbytery 
September  20th,  in  that  year.  He  settled  at  ^ew  Castle, 
Delaware.  In  1717  he  accepted  a  call  to  a  congregation 
in  IsTew  York,  which,  at  the  time,  was  worshipping  in 
the  City  Hall.  September  24, 1726,  he  received  a  call 
to  Donegal,  on  the  Susquehanna,  and  accepted  it.  He 
was  installed  the  last  Wednesday  in  August,  1727.  In 
September,  1729,  he  began  to  give  every  fifth  Sabbath 
to  the  people. in  Swatara,  and  joined  the  congregation 
of  Derry.     In   April,  1738,  the    Presbytery  decided 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  99 

to  ask  the  Synod  to  send  a  deputation  to  wait  on  the 
Virginia  Government,  and  solicit  its  favor  in  behalf 
of  Presbjterianism  there.  The  Synod  wrote  to  the 
Governor,  and  sent  Mr.  Anderson  to  bear  the  letter, 
providing  supplies  for  his  pulpit,  and  allowing  for  his 
expenses  "  in  a  manner  suitable  to  his  design."  This 
mission  was  performed  satisfactorily.  He  died  July  16, 
1740. 

Henry. 

The  Rev.  John  Henry,  who  was  ordained  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Dublin,  and  came  to  Maryland  in  1709, 
having  been  invited,  on  the  death  of  Mr.  Makemie,  to 
be  his  successor,  was  admitted  a  member  of  Presbytery 
in  1710,  and  received  a  call  "  from  the  good  people  of 
Rehoboth,"  Messrs.  Hampton  and  Davis  preaching  at 
his  "  admission."  He  stood  high  as  a  citizen  and  a 
divine.     He  died  before  September,  1717. 

Van  Vleck. 

In  September,  1710,  Rev.  Paulus  Van  Yleck,  a  native 
of  Holland,  joined  the  Presbytery,  being  the  minister 
of  the  Low  Dutch  congregation  of  E'eshaminy,*   in 

*  That  they  were  regularly  organized  is  evident  from  a  minute  re- 
corded in  1711,  which  states  that  Mr.  Van  Vleck' s  absence  from 
Presbytery  was  accounted  for  "by  one  of  his  elders,  sent  for  that 
purpose." 


100  PRESBYTERY 

Bucks  County,  Pa.,  Mr.  Leonard  Vandegrift  being  his 
elder.    By  whom  he  had  been  ordained  does  not  appear. 

Gillespie. 

The  Rev.  George  Gillespie  was  the  next  to  enter  the 
Presbytery.  He  was  born  in  1683,  in  the  towm  of 
Glasgow,  and  educated  in  the  University  there.  He 
was  licensed  by  Glasgow  Presbj^tery  early  in  1712,  and 
came  to  New  England  in  the  Spring.  He  first  settled  at 
Woodbridge.  He  was  ordained  May  28,  1713,  having 
received  a  call  from  the  people  of  White  Clay  Creek. 
Red  Clay,  Lower  Brandywine,  and  Elk  River,  besides 
White  Clay,  seem  to  have  formed  his  charge  for  several 
years.  He  is  said  to  have  organized  the  congregation 
of  the  Head  of  Christiana,  and  he  served  it  till  his 
death,  which  occurred  January  2, 1760.  Mr.  Gillespie 
was  zealous  for  the  interests  of  the  Church,  and  was 
remarkably  punctual  in  attendance  on  Presbytery  and 
Synod.  Mr.  Alison,  who  knew  him,  called  him  "  that 
pious  saint  of  God." 

Bratton. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Bratton  arrived  in  Maryland  in 
the  Fall  of  1711,  and  the  next  year,  being  detained  by 
sickness,  he  sent  to  the  Presbytery  a  "  certificate  of  his 
legal  admission  to  the  ministry."  Robert  Wilson,  a 
commissioner  from  Monokin  and  Wicomico,  presented 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  101 

a  call  for  him  by  those  congregations.  He  had  probably 
preached  for  them  from  his  arrival.  Mr.  Anderson 
wrote  to  him  in  respect  to  the  call  in  favor  of  the  people, 
but  the  letter  scarcely  reached  him  before  he  died.  He 
finished  his  course  in  October,  1712. 

McGill. 

On  the  death  of  Mr.  Taylor  at  Patuxent,  the  congre- 
gation applied  to  their  friends  in  London,  who  procured 
for  them  the  Rev.  Daniel  McGill.  He  joined  the  Pres- 
bytery in  1713.  In  1719  the  Synod  sent  him  to  preach 
to  the  people  of  Pocomoke,  Virginia,  where  he  spent 
some  months,  and  put  "  the  people  into  church  order," 
but  declined  their  call.  Mr.  McGill  was  called  to  Elk 
River,  in  Maryland,  but  after  a  long  delay  declined. 
He  was  a  supply  for  short  periods  in  Kent,  at  Birming- 
ham, on  Brandywine,  at  Snow  Hill,  White  Clay, 
Drawyers,  Conestoga,  and  Octorara.  He  died  February 
10, 1724,  his  home  being  in  the  London  Tract,  !N"ew 
Castle  County,  Del.  He  was  a  valuable  member  of 
Synod,  a  good  preacher,  and  a  learned  man. 

Powell. 

The  Rev.  Howell  Powell  offered  himself  for  ad- 
mission to  Presbytery  in  1713,  and  the  Presbytery, 
well  satisfied  of  his  ordination,  advised  him  to  procure 
within  a  year  further  credentials  from  some  eminent 


102  PRESBYTERY 

ministers  in  England,  whom  they  knew.  Till  then  he 
was  to  be  free  to  exercise  his  ministry  in  all  its  parts 
where  Providence  should  call  him,  but  not  fully  to 
settle  as  a  minister.  He  received  a  call  to  Cohanzy. 
In  1714,  he  sat  in  Presbytery  with  his  elder,  Joseph 
Sealey.  Though  he  had  used  diligence,  he  had  not 
received  the  required  credentials,  but  the  Presbytery, 
being  satisfied  by  so  long  trial  and  personal  acquaint- 
ance, together  with  other  considerable  circumstances, 
sustained,  on  mature  deliberation,  the  unanimous  call 
given  him  from  Cohanzy.  He  accepted  it,  and  Mr. 
Andrews  preached  his  installation  sermon,  October  14, 
1715.    Mr.  Powell  died  in  1717. 

Jones. 

The  Rev.  Malachi  Jones,  ordained  in  Wales,  w^as 
admitted  as  a  member  of  Presbytery,  September  9, 
1714.  He  came  to  Abingdon,  near  Philadelphia,  where 
a  church  was  organized,  in  1714,  on  the  Congregational 
plan.  It  soon  adopted  the  Presbyterian  method.  Mr. 
Andrews,  in  writing  to  a  friend,  March  7, 1729,  adds, 
"  P.S. — Ten  days  ago,  died  Mr.  Malachi  Jones,  an  old 
"Welsh  minister.     He  was  a  good  man,  and  did  good." 

"Wotherspoon. 

Robert  Wotherspoon  (or  Witherspoon),  a  native  of 
Scotland,  wrote  to  the  Presbytery  in  1713,  enclosing 
his  credentials  as  a  probationer.     He  was  ordained  to 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  103 

the  sacred  function  and  office  of  the  ministry  to  the 
Presbyterian  congregation  at  Apoqiiiniray,  May  13, 
1714.     He  died  in  May  1718. 

Bradner. 

"  On  the  removal  of  John  Bradner  from  Scotland," 
says  Mr.  Webster,  "  Hampton  and  Henry,  on  good  and 
sufficient  reasons,  took  him  on  trial,  and  licensed  him 
in  March,  1714.  He  was  called  to  Cape  May,,  and 
ordained  May  6, 1715.  He  removed,  in  1721,  to  G-osh- 
en,  in  Orange  County,  'New  York,  and  died  before 
September,  1733." 

Conn. 
In  1715  Hugh  Conn,  born  at  Macgilligan,  Ireland, 
about  1685,  came  from  London  with  letters  from 
Thomas  Reynolds.  He  was  received  by  the  Presbytery 
as  a  probationer  September  20th,  and,  having  been 
called  by  the  people  of  Baltimore  County,  Maryland, 
he  was  ordained  October  3d.  Mr.  Reynolds  sent  a 
message  by  Mr.  Conn  that  he  would  continue  his  gifts, 
and  the  Presbytery  wrote  him  a  letter  of  thanks.  In 
September,  1719,  Mr.  Conn  having  obtained  leave  to 
demit  his  pastoral  charge  on  account  of  "  the  paucity 
of  his  flock,"  immediately  took  charge  of  the  people 
on  the  East  Branch  of  Potomac  and  Pomonkey. 
Bladensburg  is  the  modern  designation  of  his  field  of 
labor,  Pomonkey  being  a  creek  in  that  vicinity.     He 


104  PRESBYTERY 

remained  tliere  till  his  death.  He  died  on  the  28th  of 
June,  1752,  while  preaching  at  the  funeral  of  a  person 
who  had  died  suddenly.  In  speaking  of  the  certainty 
of  death,  and  the  uncertainty  of  the  time  when  it  might 
happen,  he  put  one  hand  to  his  head  and  one  to  his 
side,  and,  falling  backward,  instantly  expired.  Presi- 
dent Davies,  in  two  of  his  printed  sermons,  refers  to  the 
manner  of  his  death. 

Orr. 

E-obert  Orr,  a  probationer,  from  Ireland  or  Scotland, 
having  preached  some  time  for  the  people  of  Maiden- 
head and  Hopewell,  presented  his  credentials  to  the 
Presbytery  in  1715.  They  were  approved,  and,  a  call 
being  presented  by  Mr.  Philip  Rings,  he  was  ordained 
October  20, 1715,  at  Maidenhead.  His  field  embraced 
the  ground  covered  by  Pennington,  Lawrence,  Trenton  ; 
(First  Church),  Trenton  City,  Titusville,  and  perhaps 
Amwell.     He  resigned  his  charge  in  1719. 

Pumry. 

Rev.  Samuel  Pumry  was  born  in  ^N'orthampton,  Mass., 
Sept.  16,  1687,  and  graduated  at  Yale  in  1705.  He  ac- 
cepted a  call  to  a  congregation  in  ^N'ewtown,  on  Long 
Island,  in  1708,  and  was  ordained  Nov.  30, 1709.  In 
1715  he  was  received  as  a  member  of  Presbytery.  He 
died  June  30,  1744,  "leaving  his  congregation,"  says 
the  church  record,  "  to  bewail  an  unspeakable  loss." 


OF    PHILADELPHIA.  105 

Thomson. 

John  Thomson,  who  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  came  to 
this  country  as  a  probationer  for  the  ministry  in  1715, 
and  was  ordained  over  the  congregation  at  Lewes,  Del., 
in  1717.  He  left  Lewes  in  1729,  the  next  Fall  accepted 
a  call  from  Middle  Octorara,  and  in  1732  removed  to 
Chestnut  Level.  Being  in  great  straits,  the  congrega- 
tions in  Donegal  Presbytery  kindly  made  collections 
for  his  relief  in  1733.  His  thankful  acknowledgment 
was  placed  on  the  record.  Dr.  Hodge  says  of  Mr. 
Thomson :  "  He  appears  to  have  been  a  man  of  self- 
command,  learning,  and  piety.  He  took  indeed  an 
active,  and  in  some  respects  a  very  mistaken  part  in 
opposition  to  Mr.  Whitefield  and  Mr.  Tennent,  yet  no 
one  can  read  his  writings  without  being  impressed  with 
respect  for  his  character  and  talents." 

Division  of  Presbytery. 

•  Such  was  the  increase  of  the  Presbytery,  and  of  the 
churches  within  its  territorial  limits,  that,  at  a  meeting 
on  Sept.  21,  1716,  it  adopted  the  following  minute: — 

*'It  having  pleased  Divine  Providence  so  to  increase 
our  number,  as  that,  after  much  deliberation,  we  judge 
it  may  be  more  serviceable  to  the  interest  of  religion  to 
divide  ourselves  into  subordinate  meetings  or  presby- 
teries, constituting  one  annually  as  a  synod,  to  meet  at 
Philadelphia  or  elsewhere,  to  consist  of  all  the  mem- 


106  PRESBYTERY 

bers  of  each  subordinate  presbytery  or  meeting  for  this 
year  at  least :  Therefore,  it  is  agreed  by  the  Presbytery, 
after  serious  deliberation,  that  the  first  subordinate 
meeting  or  presbytery  to  meet  at  Philadelphia  or  else- 
where, as  they  shall  see  fit,  do  consist  of  these'foUowing 
members,  viz :  Masters  Andrews,  Jones,  Powell,  Orr, 
Bradner,  and  Morgan.  And  the  second  to  meet  at 
New  Castle  or  elsewhere,  as  they  shall  see  fit,  to  consist 
of  these,  viz :  Masters  Anderson,  McGill,  Gillespie, 
Witherspoon,  Evans,  and  Conn.  The  third  to  meet  at 
Snow  Hill*  or  elsewhere,  to  consist  of  these,  viz  :  Mas- 
ters Davis,  Hampton,  and  Henry.  And,  in  considera- 
tion that  only  our  brethren  Mr.  McNish  and  Mr.  Pumry 
are  of  our  number  on  Long  Island  at  present,  we  ear- 
nestly recommend  to  them  to  use  their  best  endeavors 
with  the  neighboring  brethren  that  are  settled  thei^e 
which,  as  yet  join  not  with  us,  to  join  with  them  in 
erecting  a  fourth  presbytery."'!' — Records  of  the  Presby- 
terian Churchy  pp.  43,  44.^ 

*  Tlie  project  of  forming  the  ministers  on  the  peninsula  between 
the  Delaware  and  the  Chesapeake  into  the  Presbytery  of  Snow  Hill 
failed. —  Webster^  p.  95. 

f  It  is  a  matter  of  some  interest  to  notice  the  peculiar  phrases  by 
which  the  several  meetings  of  Presbytery,  and  their  respective  ses- 
sions, are  prefaced  in  the  Minutes.  Thus  we  read  Sederunt  2d  10 
bris.  27. — Post  preces  sederunt.  May  19,  Sessione  2da,  jwst  preces, 
etc.     May  20,  Post  Merid.  Sessione  4ia,  post  preces,  etc.     Hora 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  107 

In  referring  to  the  existence  of  the  Presbytery  from 
its  formation  until  its  division  just  noticed,  Mr.  Webster 
observes :  "  The  intercourse  of  the  brethren  was  har- 
monious and  happy,  quiet,  steady  growth  in  numbers 
marked  each  successive  meeting,  and  the  churches 
wdiich  had  retained  their  New  England  connection  and 
their  independent  form,  gradually,  with  their  ministers, 
joined  their  fellowship  and  walked  by  the  same  rule. 
E"ewtown  and  Southampton,  on  Long  Island,  led  the 
way;  Elizabeth  town  and  E'ewark,  accompanied  by  their 
neighbors,  followed. 

"  Thus,  in  the  formation  of  the  churches,  and  in  the 
establishment  of  the  Presbytery,  the  fathers  of  our  Zion 
brought  with  them  and  planted  on  our  soil  the  same 
system  of  church  order  and  government  to  which  they 
were  attached,  and  for  which  many  of  them  had  borne 
hardness  in  their  native  land.  The  essential  elements 
of  presbytery,  containing  the  parity  of  pastors  and  the 
prerogatives  of  ruling  elders  in  their  respective  churches, 
together  with  the  action  of  the  '  Kirk  Session,'  from 
which  an  appeal  might  be  taken  to  a  higher  court,  in 

qua.  ante  merid.  post  preces  sederunt,  etc.  Die  Jovis,  2da.  sederunt 
postpreces.  Die  Veneris  ante  meridiem  4,  sederunt,  etc.,  post  preces, 
23  Die  Martis,  post  preces,  etc.  Die  Mercurii,  I6th  day.  Post 
preces  sederunt,  etc.  Post  Meridiem,  three  o'olock.  Post  preces 
ut  supra.  Die  Veneris  at  half  an  hour  after  eight  o'clock,  sederunt 
ut  supra. 


108  PRESBYTERY 

which  the  subject  under  consideration  should  be  authori- 
tatively disposed  of,  were  principles  of  government  as 
well  known  to  them  as  to  their  descendants  in  more 
modern  times." 

The  Minutes  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  from 
1717  to  1733  are  lost. 

The  body  under  its  new  designation  as  a  Synod  met 
September,  1717.  The  Rev.  Jedediah  Andrews  was  its 
first  moderator,  and  the  Rev.  Robert  Wotherspoon  its 
first  clerk.  The  number  of  ministers  in  the  organiza- 
tion had,  as  already  stated,  increased  to  seventeen,  of 
whom  thirteen,  with  six  ruling  elders,  were  present  at 
the  constitution  of  the  body.  The  territory  occupied 
by  them  extended  along  the  Atlantic  slope  from  Long 
Island  to  Virginia. 

Immigration. 

The  increase  of  the  church,  both  at  the  formation  of 
the  Presbytery  and  subsequently,  arose  principally  from 
the  immigration  of  Presbj^terians,  ministers  as  well  as 
people,  from  abroad,  and  from  the  organization  of  those 
already  scattered  through  the  country. 

Scotch-Irish. 

Among  the  emigrants  the  Scotch-Irish  were  con- 
spicuous. The  greater  number  of  those  people,  or  their 
ancestors,  had  formerly  removed  from  Scotland  to  the 


OF   PHILADELPHIA,  109 

nortli  of  Ireland,  but  they  were  treated  with  so  much 
ingratitude  and  neglect  there  that  they  sought  refuge  in 
America.  The  Earls  of  Tyrone  and  Tyrconnel,  in  the 
province  of  Ulster,  having  conspired  against  the  gov- 
ernment in  the  reign  of  James  I.,  fled  from  the  king- 
dom to  escape  punishment.  Some  of  their  accomplices 
were  arrested,  condemned,  and  executed,  but  the  two 
Earls  were  attainted  by  a  process  of  outlawry,  upon 
which  their  vast  estates,  about  five  hundred  thousand 
acres  of  land,  escheated  to  the  crown.  King  James 
resolved,  if  possible,  to  improve  a  country  that  was 
covered  by  woods,  desolated  by  war,  infested  by  rob- 
bers, or  inhabited  by  ignorant  adherents  to  the  Romish 
Church.  For  this  purpose  he  divided  the  escheated 
lands  into  small  tracts,  and  those  he  gave  to  adventur- 
ers, who  were  to  settle  them  within  four  years,  with  a 
certain  number  of  sub-tenants.  According  to  his 
advice,  the  preference  was  given,  in  distributing  the 
lands,  to  adventurers  from  the  west  of  Scotland.  They 
were  Protestants  from  his  own  country.  They  were 
industrious  people,  and  the  passage  being  very  short, 
they  might,  with  the  greater  ease,  settle  the  lands 
according  to  their  contracts.  The  establishment  of 
Prelacy  in  Scotland,  in  the  year  1637,  and  afterwards 
in  the  year  1661,  among  people  who  had  adopted  the 
more  simple  form  of  Presbyterian  worship,  became  the 


110  PRESBYTERY 

additional  cause  of  numerous  emigrations  from  that 
kingdom  to  the  north  of  Ireland. 

The  superior  knowledge,  industry,  and  temperance 
of  the  Scotch  farmers  in  a  short  time  enahled  them  to 
supplant  the  natives  among  whom  they  lived,  and  six 
of  the  northern  counties  hy  the  end  of  the  seventeenth 
century,  w^ere  chiefly  inhabited  by  the  descendants  of 
Scottish  emigrants,  or  the  remains  of  Cromwell's  arm3^ 
That  Protestant  colony  has  been  the  chief  support  of 
government  against  all  attempts  to  establish  a  Catholic 
prince,  by  treason,  insurrection,  or  murder.  Those  men 
have  been  the  steady  and  active  supporters  of  the  Han- 
over succession.  Their  faithful  services,  and  uniform 
attachment  to  government,  had  placed  them  in  the  rank 
of  good  and  faithful  subjects,  and  their  unshaken  loy- 
alty had  entitled  them  to  confidence  and  public  favor. 
But  they  were  treated  like  aliens  and  strangers,  with 
marks  of  distrust  in  their  civil  capacity,  and  they  were 
depressed  in  their  religious  capacity,  by  the  spirit  of 
intolerance,  because  they  were  not  of  the  established 
Church  of  Ireland.  Men  who  were  thus  degraded  and 
vexed  by  incapacities  and  burdens  migrated  in 
thousands  to  the  new  Western  AVorld,  in  many  of  the 
provinces  of  which  the  principles  of  civil  and  religious 
liberty  had  their  full  operation. 

In  referring  to  the  Ulster  Presbyterians,  who,  to 
escape  oppression,  sailed  in  large  numbers  for  America, 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  Ill 

the  Rev.  John  De  Witt  justly  observes:*  "Their  ad- 
vent proved  a  benediction  to  the  Colonies  as  great  as 
the  earlier  immigration  of  the  English  Puritans,  ^o 
men  did  more  than  the  men  from  Ulster  to  secure  the  in- 
dependence of  the  American  States.  N"o  men  did  better 
work  in  the  political  organization  of  the  States  and 
the  Federal  Union,  ^one  surpassed  them  in  love  of 
learning  and  in  the  strength  of  their  determination  to 
be  free.  Their  blood  was  the  blood  of  the  most  per- 
sistent nationality  in  Europe,  l^early  three  centuries 
have  justified  the  boast  of  King  James,  uttered  when 
they  passed  from  Scotland  to  the  Ulster  plantations, 
that  here  at  least  was  a  people,  unlike  the  English  of 
the  pale,  too  vigorous  to  be  absorbed  or  modified  by 
the  Irish  Celts.  Their  life  in  their  second  home,  severe 
as  it  was,  was  a  providential  preparation  for  their  mis- 
sion in  the  x^ew  World.  As  Mr.  Bancroft  has  well 
said  of  them,  '  Their  training  in  Ireland  had  kept  the 
spirit  of  liberty  and  the  readiness  to  resist  unjust 
government  as  fresh  in  their  hearts,  as  though  they  had 
just  been  listening  to  the  preaching  of  Knox  or  musing 
over  the  political  creed  of  the  Westminster  Assembly. 
"When  in  the  eighteenth  century  the  movement  from 
Ulster  to  America  had  fairly  begun,  it  increased  in 
volume  annually  until  the  beginning  of  the  difficulties 

*  Address  on  "  The  First  General  Assembly." 


112  PRESBYTERY 

between  the  American  Colonies  and  the  mother 
country.  The  emigration  had  begun  as  early  as  the 
seventeenth  century,  during  the  persecutions  of  the 
Stuarts.  But  it  was  in  the  reigns  of  Anne  and  George 
the  First  that  it  began  so  greatly  to  enlarge,  and  to 
increase  the  number  of  the  congregations  of  the  Synod 
of  Philadelphia.  "  Year  after  year,"  we  are  told, 
"  from  the  second  quarter  of  the  eighteenth  century, 
it  is  estimated,  that  twelve  thousand  people  annually 
sailed  for  America  from  the  ^N'orth  of  Ireland.  Such 
was  the  drain,  indeed,  that  it  was  computed,  that  in 
1773  and  the  five  preceding  years,  the  ^N'orth  of  Ireland 
lost  by  emigration  to  America,  one-fourth  of  the 
trading  cash  and  a  like  proportion  of  the  manufacturing 
people." 

Mr.  Froude*  thus  expresses  himself  on  this  subject : 
"  The  Protestant  settlers  in  Ireland  at  the  beginning  of 
the  seventeenth  century  were  of  the  same  metal  with 
those  who  afterwards  sailed  in  the  Mayflow^er — Pres- 
byterians, Puritans,  Independents — in  search  of  a  wider 
breathing  space  than  was  allowed  them  at  home.  By 
an  unhappy  perversity  they  had  fallen  under  the  same 
stigma,  and  were  exposed  to  the  same  inconveniences. 
The  bishops  had  chafed  them  with  persecutions.  .  .  . 
The  heroism  with  which  the  Scots  held  the  northern 

*  Vol.  I.,  pp.  129,  130. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  113 

province  against  the  Kilkenny  Parliament  and  Owen 
Roe  O'l^eil,  was  an  insufficient  offset  against  the  sin  of 
non-conformity.  .  .  .  This  was  a  stain  for  which  no 
excellence  could  atone.  The  persecutions  were  renewed, 
but  did  not  cool  Presbyterian  loyalty.  When  the 
native  race  made  their  last  efforts  under  James  II.,  to 
recover  their  lands,  the  Calvinists  of  Derry  w^on  im- 
mortal honor  for  themselves,  and  flung  over  the 
w^retched  annals  of  their  adopted  country  a  solitary 
gleam  of  true  glory.  Even  this  passed  for  nothing. 
They  were  still  dissenters,  still  unconscious  that  they 
ow^ed  obedience  to  the  hybrid  successors  of  St.  Patrick, 
the  prelates  of  the  Establishment,  and  no  sooner  was 
peace  re-established  than  spleen  and  bigotry  were  again 
at  their  old  work.  Yexed  with  suits  in  the  ecclesiastical 
courts,  forbidden  to  educate  their  children  in  their 
own  faith,  treated  as  dangerous  to  a  State  which  but 
for  them  would  have  had  no  existence,  and  deprived 
of  their  civil  rights,  the  most  earnest  of  them  at  length 
abandoned  the  unthankful  service.  ...  If  they  in- 
tended to  live  as  freemen,  speaking  no  lies  and  pro- 
fessing openly  the  creed  of  the  Reformation,  they  must 
seek  a  country  where  the  long  arm  of  prelacy  ivas  still  too 
short  to  reach  them.  Durino;  the  first  half  of  the  eio;hteenth 
century,  Down,  Antrim,  Tyrone,  Armagh,  and  Derry 
were  emptied  of  Protestant  inhabitants,  who  were  of 
more  value  to  Ireland  than  California  gold-mines." 


114  PRESBYTERY 

"  Irish  Presbyterians,"  says  Dr.  Briggs,  "  emigrated 
ill  large  numbers  to  America  from  1713  onward,  and 
added  greatly  to  the  strength  of  American  Presbyte- 
rianism.  The  Presbyterians  were  rendered  exceedingly 
uncomfortable  in  Ireland  by  the  'Test  Act,'  v/hich 
expelled  them  from  all  public  offices,  honors,  and  em- 
ploj^ments. 

"  Xo  Presbyterian  could  henceforth  hold  any  office 
m  the  army  or  navy,  in  the  customs,  excise,  or  post- 
office,  nor  in  any  of  the  courts  of  law,  in  Dublin  or  the 
provinces.  They  were  forbidden  to  be  married  by  their 
own  ministers,  they  were  prosecuted  in  the  ecclesiasti- 
cal courts  for  immorality  because  they  had  so  married. 
The  bishops  introduced  clauses  into  their  leases  forbid- 
ding the  erection  of  meeting-houses  on  any  part  of 
their  estates,  and  induced  many  landlords  to  follow 
their  example.  ...  To  crown  all,  the  Schism  Act  was 
passed  in  1714,  which  w^ould  have  swept  the  Presby- 
terian Church  out  of  existence,  but  Queen  Anne  died 
before  it  came  into  operation,  but  not  before  the  furious 
zeal  of  Swift  had  nailed  up  the  doors  and  windows  of 
the  Presbyterian  meeting-house  at  Summer  Hill,  in  the 
neighborhood  of  Laracor.  Similar  scenes  occurred  at 
three  other  places.  The  immediate  effect  of  these 
proceedings  was  to  estrange  the  Presbyterian  people, 
and,  soon  after,  when  they  saw  that  all  careers  were 
closed  against  them,  w^earied  out  with  long  exactions, 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  115 

they  began  to  leave  the  country  by  thousands.  The 
destruction  of  the  woolen  trade  sent  20,000  of  them 
away.  The  rapacity  and  greed  of  landlords,  and  es- 
pecially of  the  Marquis  of  Donegal,  the  grandson  of  Sir 
Arthur  Chichester,  the  founder  of  the  Ulster  Plantation, 
caused  the  stream  of  emigration  to  America  to  flow 
on  for  nearly  forty  years  without  intermission."* 

"  In  the  two  years,"  says  Froude,  "  which  followed  the 
Antrim  evictions,  thirty  thousand  Protestants  left  Ulster 
for  a  land  where  there  w^as  no  legal  robbery,  and  where 
those  who  sowed  the  seed  could  reap  the  harvest.  .  .  . 
The  south  and  west  were  caught  by  the  same  move- 
ment, and  ships  could  not  be  found  to  carry  the  crowxls 
who  were  eao:er  to  o;o." 

In  the  Spring  of  1X18  an  Irish  minister  wrote  to 
Wodrow  in  Scotland  : — 

"  There  is  like  to  be  a  o-reat  desolation  in  the  northern 
parts  of  this  kingdom  by  the  removal  of  several  of  our 
brethren  to  the  American  plantations,  ^o  less  than 
six  ministers  have  demitted  their  congregations,  and 
great  numbers  of  their  people  go  with  them,  so  that 
they  are  daily  alarmed  wdth  both  ministers  and  people 
going  off'."t 

On   the   sixth   day   of   eighth  month,  1718,  Cotton 

*  Thomas  Croskery,  Irish  Preshyterianism,  Dublin,  1884,  pp. 
13,  14. 

t  Reid,  Inl.  c.  III.,  p.  262. 


116  PRESBYTERY 

Mather  wrote  to  Principal  Sterling,  of  Glasgow,  "  We 
are  comforted  with  great  numbers  of  the  oppressed 
brethren  coming  from  the  north  of  Ireland.  The 
glorious  providence  of  God,  in  the  removal  of  so  many 
of  a  desirable  character  from  the  north  of  Ireland,  hath 
doubtless  very  great  intentions  in  it." 

Grand  Motive  of  Immigration. 

In  these  statements  we  have  the  grand  reason  which 
prompted  the  emigration  of  our  forefathers  to  the 
western  world.  They  came  to  this  land  seeking,  not 
wealth  or  fame,  but  a  retreat  in  which  to  worship  God 
and  traitj  up  their  children  in  the  principles  of  their 
religion,  without  incurring  the  wrath  of  princes  or 
bringing  upon  them  the  terrors  of  inquisitors. 

"Not  as  the  conqueror  comes, 

They,  the  true-hearted,  came  ; 
Not  with  the  roll  of  the  stirring  drums, 
And  the  trumpet  that  sings  of  fame. 

'*  Not  as  the  flying  come, 
In  silence  and  in  fear, — 
They  shook  the  depths  of  the  desert  gloom 

With  their  hymns  of  lofty  cheer. 
•X-  *  *  *  *  * 

There  were  men  with  hoary  hair 

Amidst  that  Pilgrim  band. 
Why  had  they  come  to  wither  there, 

Awav  from  their  childhood's  land  ? 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  117 

There  was  woman's  fearless  eye, 

Lit  by  her  deep  love's  truth, 
There  was  manhood's  brow  serenely  high, 

And  the  fiery  heart  of  youth. 

What  sought  they  thus  afar  ? 

Bright  jewels  of  the  mine  ? 
The  wealth  of  seas  ?  the  spoils  of  war  ? — 

They^ sought  a  faith's  pure  shrine. 

Ay,  call  it  holy  ground, 

The  soil  where  first  they  trod. 
They  have  left  unstained  what  there  they  found — 

Freedom  to  worship  God." 

This  they  sought,  and  this  they  left  to  all  succeeding 
ages,  but  this  they  hardly  found  for  themselves,  as  we 
have  elsewhere  shown. 

Emigration  Checked. 

The  tide  of  emigration  was  somewhat  checked  for  a 
brief  period  by  the  passage  of  the  Toleration  Act,  and 
by  further  promises  of  relief.  It,  however,  began  anew 
in  1728,  ten  years  later,  as  appears  from  a  statement 
which  Archbishop  Boulter  sent  to  the  English  Secre- 
tary of  State,  and  which  he  calls  a  "  melancholy  ac- 
count" of  the  condition  of  the  north,  and  of  the  exten- 
sive emigration  which  w^as  taking  place  to  America. 
"  We  have  had  for  several  years  some  agents  from  the 
colonies  in  America,  and  several  masters  of  ships,  that 


118  PRESBYTERY 

have  gone  about  the  country  and  deluded  the  people 
with  stories  of  great  plenty  and  estates  to  be  had  for 
going  for  in  those  parts  of  the  world,  and  they  have 
been  the  better  able  to  seduce  people  by  reason  of  the 
necessities  of  the  poor  of  late."  He  proceeds  to  assign 
reasons  why  the  people  desire  to  leave  the  country,  and 
then  adds :  "  But  whatever  occasions  their  going,  it  is 
certain  that  above  four  thousand  two  hundred  men, 
women  and  children  have  been  shipped  off  from  hence 
for  the  West  Indies  within  three  years,  and  of  these 

about  thirty-one  hundred  this  last  summer The 

whole  north  is  in  a  ferment  at  present,  and  people  every 
day  engaging  one  another  to  go.  The  humor  has 
spread  like  a  contagious  distemper,  and  the  people  will 
hardly  hear  anybody  that  tries  to  cure  them  of  their 
madness.  The  worst  is  that  it  affects  only  Protestants 
and  reigns  chiefly  in  the  north."  In  a  private  letter 
the  following  year  the  bishop  states  that  "  the  humor 
of  going  to  America  still  continues.  There  are  now 
seven  ships  at  Belfast  that  are  carrying  off  about  one 
thousand  passengers  thither." 

English  Immigrants. 

In  England,  ever  since  the  memorable  St.  Bartholo- 
mew's day,  all  eyes  had  been  anxiously  turned  to  the 
Transatlantic  settlements,  notwithstanding  they  were 
as  yet  a  wilderness,  and  while  some  fled  to  Holland,  a 


OF    PHILADELPHIA.  119 

great  number  betook  themselves,  as  voluntary  exiles,  to 
the  Western  world.  Prominent  among  those  who 
sought  refuge  in  this  direction  from  oppression  and 
cruelty  were  the  Huguenots  or  French  Protestants. 
The  persecutions  to  which  they  were  exposed  during 
the  reign  of  Louis  XIV.,  consummated  by  the  revoca- 
tion of  the  Edict  of  Nantes  in  1685,  drove  hundreds  of 
thousands  of  those  unhappy  people  from  their  native 
country.  Though  the  frontiers  were  vigilantly  guarded, 
upwards  of  ^ve  hundred  thousand  of  them  made  their 
escape.  They  fled  to  Switzerland,  Germany,  Holland, 
and  England,  and  very  many  of  them  came  to  this 
country. 

Foreign  Protestant  refugees,  most  of  whom  were 
Presbyterians,  settled  in  large  numbers  in  the  middle 
colonies.  The  fierce  persecution  by  which  they  were 
driven  to  this  country,  and  the  overbearing  or  perse- 
cuting spirit,  on  religious  accounts,  in  many  of  the 
other  colonies,  as  contrasted  with  the  liberality  of  the 
Quakers  of  Pennsylvania,  who  were  disposed  to  open 
their  arms  to  all  denominations  of  professing  Christians 
who  might  be  inclined  to  settle  among  them,  induced 
the  flocking  of  men  by  tens,  by  hundreds,  and  by 
thousands,  to  a  place  where  men  pretended  not  to  as- 
sume the  prerogatives  of  Deity,  nor  judge,  condemn, 
and  punish  in  His  stead.  The  same  thing  was  true  of 
Maryland,  in  which  the  Roman  Catholics  were  colo- 


120  PRESBYTERY 

nizcd  under  a  charter  wbich  compelled  them  to  exer- 
cise universal  toleration  towards  Protestant  sects. 

"Welsh  Immigrants. 

The  AVelsh,  from  their  numbers,  deserve  particular 
notice.  The  principal  settlement  of  them  at  an  early 
period  was  upon  the  left  bank  of  the  Schuylkill.  They 
there  occupied  three  townships,  and  in  a  few  years  their 
numbers  so  increased  that  they  obtained  three  addi- 
tional townships. 

German  Immigrants. 

Kor  must  the  Gernjan  settlers  in  Pennsylvania,  by 
any  means,  be  overlooked  in  this  enumeration.  '  Their 
immigration  commenced  as  early  as  1682  or  1683,  and 
very  rapidly  increased.  From  1730  to  1740,  about 
sixty-five  vessels,  well  filled  with  Germans,  arrived  at 
Philadelphia,  bringing  with  them  ministers  of  the 
Gospel  and  schoolmasters,  to  instruct  their  children. 
From  1740  to  1755,  upwards  of  one  hundred  vessels 
arrived,  which  were  filled  with  emigrants  of  the  same 
nation,  and  in  some  of  w^hich,  though  small,  there  were 
between  five  and  six  hundred  passengers.  With  regard 
to  the  Germans  in  Pennsylvania,  Mr.  Andrews,  pastor 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Philadelphia,  in  a  letter 
dated  October  14,  1730,  says:  "There  is,  besides,  in 
this  province  a  vast  number  of  Palatines,  and  they 
come  in  still  every  year.     Those  that  have  come  of  late 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  121 

are  mostly  Presbyterian,  or,  as  they  call  themselves, 
Reformed,  the  Palatinate  being  about  three-fifths  of  that 
sort  of  people."  "  There  are  many  Lutherans  and  some 
Reformed  mixed  among  them.  In  other  parts  of  the 
country  they  are  chiefly  Reformed,  so  that  I  suppose 
the  Presbyterian  party  are  as  numerous  as  the  Quakers, 
or  near  it."  Another  authority  states  that,  in  1729, 
"  there  arrived  in  Pennsylvania  from  Europe  six  thou- 
sand two  hundred  and  eight  persons,  and  of  these  more 
than  five  thousand  were  from  Ireland."  Dr.  Baird,  in 
his  History  of  Religion  in  America^  states  that, ''  from 
1729  to  1750,  about  twelve  thousand  annually  came  from 
Ulster  to  America." 

"  Thus,"  says  Dr.  Miller,  "  after  the  formation  of  the 
Synod  in  1716,  the  body  went  on  increasing,  receiving 
additions,  not  only  by  emigration  from  Scotland  and 
Ireland,  but  also  from  natives  of  England  and  Wales, 
who  came  to  the  middle  colonies,  and  were  thrown 
by  circumstances  in  the  neighborhood  of  Presbyterian 
churches,  and  also  from  natives,  or  their  descendants, 
of  France,  Holland,  Switzerland,  who  preferred  the 
Presbyterian  form  of  worship  or  government.  To  these 
may  be  added  a  number  from  ]^ew  England,  who  were 
induced  by  local  considerations,  or  other  circumstances, 
to  connect  themselves  with  the  Presbyterian  body."* 

*  Article  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States,  in  Encyclo- 
posdia  of  Religious  Knowledge. 


122  PRESBYTERY 

Dr.  Charles  Hodge,  in  referring  to  the  rapid  increase 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  this  country,  observes : 
"  This  is  no  matter  of  surprise,  when  it  is  seen  that  so 
large  a  portion  of  the  emigrants  were  Presbyterians. 
As  they  merged  their  diversities  of  national  character 
into  that  of  American  citizens,  so  the  Scotch,  Irish, 
French,  English,  Dutch,  and  German  Presbyterians  be- 
came united  in  thousands  of  instances  in  the  American 
Presbyterian  Church.  Having  the  same  views  of  civil 
government,  our  population,  so  diversified  as  to  its 
origin,  forms  a  harmonious  civil  society,  and  agreeing 
in  opinion  on  the  government  of  the  Church,  the  vari- 
ous classes  above  specified  formed  a  religious  society, 
in  which  the  difference  of  their  origin  was  as  little 
regarded  as  it  was  in  the  State." 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  123 


CHAPTER  Y. 

DOCTRINAL   BASIS   AND   BOND   OF   UNION. 

It  has  been  made  a  question  whether  the  Presby- 
tery of  Philadelphia  from  the  beginning  had  a  written 
Constitution,  and  formally  adopted  the  Westminster 
Confession. 

On  this  subject  Mr.  Webster  observes  :  "  The  records 
of  the  Synod  of  Ulster  before  1697  are  lost,  but  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Tredell  declared  to  the  Synod,  in  1721,  that 
he  had  assented  to  the  Confession  of  the  Westminster 
divines  in  1688,  and  it  is  improbable  that  any  persons 
were  licensed  without  giving  to  the  Presbytery  entire 
satisfaction  of  their  doctrinal  soundness,  even  in  minor 
matters.  What  had  been  matter  of  custom  was,  by  the 
unanimous  vote  of  the  Synod  in  1698,  made  a  matter 
of  statute ;  candidates,  on  being  licensed,  were  required 
to  subscribe  the  Confession,  and  in  June,  1705,  'such 
ministers  as  are  to  be  licensed  shall  subscribe  the  West- 
minster Confession  to  be  the  confession  of  their  faith, 
and  promise  to  adhere  to  the  doctrine,  discipline,  and 
government  therein  contained,  as  also  those  that  are 
licensed  and  have  not  subscribed  are  to  be  obliged  to 
subscribe  before  they  are  ordained.'     This  was  unani- 


124  PRESBYTERY 

mously  approved  of,  and  the  next  year  the  Presbyteries 
reported  that  the  rule  was  uniformly  complied  with.* 
When  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  met,  this  doubt- 
less made,  of  course,  a  part  of  their  constitution. 

"  The  first  leaf  of  their  records  being  lost,  we  can  know 
nothing  of  the  articles  of  agreement  embraced  in  their 
bond  of  union,  but  if  it  were  not  for  the  paging,  one 
might  naturally  suppose  that  a  thousand  leaves  were 
gone,  with  the  proceedings  of  a  century  spread  upon 
them,  for  there  is  no  appearance  in  the  movements  of 
the  body,  indicating  that  it  was  oppressed  with  a 
cumbrous  system  which  it  had  not  proved.  The 
machinery  goes  on  as  quietly  as  though  by  long  use 
every  part  had  become  thoroughly  fitted  for  its  place 
and  work.  "Were  it  not  for  the  names  of  places  inci- 
dentally mentioned,  one  could  easily  believe  that  he  had 
taken  up  the  minutes  of  some  of  the  original  Presby- 
teries of  the  Irish  Church." 

"That  the  Presbytery  did  not  at  first  adopt  any 
written  constitution,"  says  the  Rev.  S.  J.  Baird,t  "  can 
only  be  matter  of  inference,  as  the  minute  recording  its 
organization  is  lost.  The  fact  is  apparent,  however, 
from  the  following  reasons : — 

*  In  1708,  the  churches  of  Connecticut,  represented  by  delegates 
at  Saybrook,  unanimously  adopted  the  Westminster  Confession, 
leaving  out  some  things  relating  to  license  and  church  discipline. 

f  Assembly's  Digest. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  ^  125 

"  {a)  Neither  in  the  letter  of  the  Presbytery  to  the 
!N'ew  England  Ministers  (Book  vi.  §  2),  nor  in  those  to 
the  Synods  of  Dublin  (Book  v.  §  22)  and  Glasgow  (below, 
§  3),  announcing  their  organization  and  desiring  aid  and 
correspondence,  is  any  mention  made  of  the  adoption 
of  any  written  standards.  Had  they  adopted  any,  the 
omission  to  state  the  fact,  especially  to  the  Scotch  and 
Irish  Synods,  is  unaccountable. 

"  (h)  Although,  after  the  passage  of  the  Adopting  Act, 
the  adoption  of  the  Westminster  standards  is  a  matter 
of  constant  record  in  connection  with  the  ordination  of 
candidates,  in  no  instance  does  such  a  record  occur  prior 
to  that  event,  although  '  orthodoxy  in  doctrinal  religion' 
is  constantly  insisted  upon. 

"  (c)  In  the  preamble  to  a  resolution  adopted  in  the 
case  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wade  (Book  vi.  §  3),  it  is  said, 
'at  his  own  proposal  we  admitted  him  as  a  member 
of  our  Presbytery,  and  he  submitted  himself  willingly 
to  our  constitution.'  That  this  does  not  refer  to  any 
written  standards  appears  from  the  form  of  the  ex- 
pression, evidently  not  designed  to  indicate  the  adoption 
of  articles  of  faith  and  order,  as  well  as  from  the  paral- 
lel statement  made  to  the  Woodbridge  people.  '  The 
Eev.  Nathaniel  Wade  made  application  to  the  Pres- 
bytery to  be  admitted  a  member  thereof,  ....  he 
having  fully  and  freely  submitted  himself  to  the 
judgment  and  discipline  of  the  Church  according  to 


126  PRESBYTERY 

Presbytery,  and  also  to  the  meeting  in  particular  to 
whom  he  and  his  people  now  stand  in  relation.' — 
Minutes^  1710,  p.  19.  This  language,  so  detailed  and 
peculiar,  explains  the  other,  and  precludes  the  idea 
of  a  constitution  in  any  other  sense  than  that  of  the 
unwritten  principles  of  organization. 

"  {d)  In  all  the  discussions  which  preceded  the  passage 
of  the  Adopting  Act,  there  is  no  intimation  on  any 
hand  that  there  was  already  an  authoritative  standard 
in  existence,  but,  on  the  contrary,  in  the  overture  which 
led  to  the  Act,  it  is  said,  '  As  far  as  I  know,  .... 
we  have  not  any  particular  system  of  doctrines,  com- 
posed by  ourselves  or  others,  which  we,  by  any  judicial 
act  of  our  Church,  have  adopted  to  be  the  articles  or 
Confession  of  our  Faith,  etc.  I^ow  a  Church  without 
a  Confession,  what  is  it  like  ?  It  is  true,  as  I  take  it, 
we  all  generally  acknowledge  and  look  upon  the  West- 
minster Confession  and  Catechisms  to  be  our  Confes- 
sion, or  what  we  own  for  such,  but  the  most  that  can 
be  said  is  that  the  Westminster  Confession  of  Faith  is 
the  confession  of  the  faith  of  the  generality  of  our 
members,  ministers,  and  people  ;  but  that  it  is  our 
Confession,  as  we  are  a  united  body  politic,  I  cannot 
see,  unless  first  it  hath  been  received  by  a  conjunct  act 
of  the  representatives  of  the  Church,  I  mean  by  the 
Synod,  either  before  or  since  it  hath  been  sub  forma 
Synodi.'     The  author  of  this  overture  was  the  Rev. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  127 

John  Thompson,  who  became  connected  with  the 
Presbytery  in  1715,  about  ten  years  after  its  first 
meeting,  and  must  have  been  aware  of  any  act  on 
the  subject,  had  such  occurred.  See  this  overture  in 
Hodge's  History  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  Part  I. 
p.  137." 

Dr.  Hodge,  in  reference  to  the  question  whether  the 
Presbytery  did,  from  the  beginning,  regularly  and  for- 
mally adopt  the  Westminster  Confession,  or  not,  ob- 
serves :  "  Dr.  Green  has  argued  for  the  affirmative  with 
a  great  deal  of  force,  and  has  rendered  it  highly 
probable  that  the  first  page  contained  some  statement 
of  the  principles,  both  as  to  doctrine  and  discipline,  on 
which  the  Presbytery  was  formed.  It  is  certain  that 
they  had  '  a  constitution'  to  which  they  could  appeal, 
and  to  which  their  members  promised  subjection.  In 
a  letter  written  by  the  Presbytery  to  the  people  of 
Woodbridge,  in  1712,  they  say  that  Mr.  Wade 'sub- 
mitted himself  willingly  to  our  constitution.'  Whether 
this  constitution  was  a  written  document,  or  a  formal 
recognition  of  the  standards  of  the  Church  of  Scotland, 
or  whether  the  passage  quoted  merely  means  that  Mr. 
Wade  had  submitted  himself  to  the  acknowledged 
principles  of  Presbyterianism,  cannot  be  certainly  de- 
termined. The  a  'priori  probability  is  in  favor  of  the 
supposition  that  the  first  page  of  the  minutes  contained 
some  general  recognition  of  the  standards  of  the  Church 


128  PRESBYTERY 

of  Scotland,  as  all  the  original  members  of  the  Presby- 
tery, as  we  have  every  reason  to  believe,  except  Mr. 
Andrews,  had  already  adopted  those  standards  at  the 
time  of  their  ordination." 

Dr.  Hodge,  after  admitting  (for  reasons  already  given 
in  Dr.  Baird's  statement)  that  the  question — was  it 
customary  for  the  Presbytery,  at  the  time  of  its  organi- 
zation, to  require  a  formal  assent  to  the  Westminster 
Confession  as  a  condition  of  membership  ?  must  be  an- 
swered in  the  negative,  proceeds  to  say : — 

"  The  question  whether  the  Westminster  Confession 
was  uniformly  adopted  by  new  members,  as  before  re- 
marked, is  one  of  subordinate  importance.  The  Church 
did  not  become  Calvinistic  by  adopting  that  Confession, 
but  adopted  it  because  it  already  was  so,  and  always 
had  been.  Its  demands  were  in  no  respects  altered, 
much  less  were  they  raised  by  the  Act  of  1729.  That 
act  was  nothing  more  than  a  measure,  arising  out  of 
the  altered  circumstances  of  the  Church,  designed  to 
accomplish  a  purpose  which  had  hitherto  been  attained 
by  other  means.  The  ISTew  England  Puritans  were  not 
stricter  Calvinists  in  1640,  when  they  adopted  the  Cam- 
bridge platform,  than  they  were  in  1620,  nor  had  they 
become  more  rigid  in  1688,  when  they  recognized  the 
Westminster  Confession,  l^o  historical  fact  of  the  same 
kind  admits  of  clearer  proof,  from  their  origin,  decla- 
rations, and  acts,  than  that  the  founders  of  our  Church 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  129 

were  Calvinists,  and  that  they  demanded  Calvinism, 
and  not  merely  faith  in  the  absolutely  essential  doc- 
trines of  the  gospel,  as  the  condition  of  ministerial  com- 
munion. 

"  The  next  subject  of  inquiry  is  the  form  of  discipline 
adopted,  during  the  period  under  review.  If,  as  has  been 
proved,  all  the  original  members  of  the  Presbytery, 
except  one,  were  Presbyterian  ministers  from  Scotland 
or  Ireland,  and  if  all  the  congregations,  unless  the  first 
church  in  Philadelphia  be  partially  an  exception,  were 
composed  of  Presbyterians,  as  has  also  been  shown,* 
then  there  can  be  little  doubt  that,  at  least  at  the 
beginning,  whatever  it  may  have  become  afterwards, 
our  Church  was  a  Presbyterian  Church 

"  Whatever  these  men  really  were,  they  thought 
themselves  Presbyterians.  It  is  the  name  which  they 
adopted.  They  call  their  judicatory,  not  an  association 
or  council,  but  a  Presbytery,  they  always  speak  of 
Presbyterians  as  being  '  of  our  persuasion.'  In  cor- 
respondence with  the  judicatories  of  Ireland  and  Scot- 
land, they  called  themselves  Presbyterians,  to  those 
who  were  accustomed  to  affix  a  definite  meaning  to  the 
term." 

"  ^o  little  anxiety,"  says  the  Rev.  William  Henry 

*  The  church  at  Woodbrldge  was  not  one  of  the  original  congre- 
gations. 


130  PRESBYTERY 

Foote,*  "  has  been  felt  and  expressed  about  the  original 
component  parts  of  the  first  Presbytery,  that  of  Phila- 
deli)hia,  and  what  interpretation  of  the  Confession  of 
Faith  they  may  have  given.  The  discussion  has  been 
animated,  and  from  the  circumstantial  evidence  col- 
lected, the  inference  general  that  they  did  put  a  strict 
construction  on  the  Articles  of  our  Faith.  The  facts 
just  related  about  Francis  Makemie  and  the  Presbytery 
that  ordained  him,  are  sufficient  to  justify  our  belief 
that  the  man  that  took  the  Solemn  League  and  Cove- 
nant, as  the  candidates  of  the  Presbyteries  in  Ireland 
then  did,  put  a  strict  construction  on  the  Articles  of 
the  Confession,  and  the  following  facts,  that  the  year 
before  the  Presbytery  was  formed,  he  brought  over, 
from  a  visit  to  his  native  land,  two  ministers  from  the 
province  of  Ulster,  John  Hampton  and  George  Macnish, 
who  formed  part  of  the  first  Presbytery — men  educated 
as  he  had  been,  in  trouble,  and  made  to  choose  Presby- 
tery in  the  face  of  great  opposition  and  suffering — will 
set  the  matter  at  rest.  Three  other  ministers  soon  fol- 
lowed. It  is  not  likely  that  such  a  man  as  Makemie, 
with  two  others  of  like  spirit,  would  have  agreed  to 
form  a  doubtful  Presbytery  to  please  Mr.  Andrews  and 
the  Church  in  Philadelphia,  provided  they  wished  such 
a  Presbytery,  of  which  there  is  no  evidence,  as  there 

*  Sketches  of  North  Carolina,  pp.  118-19. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  131 

were  ministers  enough  to  form  a  decided  and  strict  one, 
without  going  to  Philadelphia,  the  church  of  which 
city  was  weaker  than  the  church  at  Snow  Hill  in 
Maryland. 

"  The  Solemn  League  and  Covenant  first  framed  by 
John  Craig,  and  called  Craig's  Confession,  or  the  first 
National  Convention  of  Scotland,  and  subscribed  by 
the  leaders  of  the  people,  December  3,  1557,  and  sub- 
scribed by  King  James  and  household,  and  the  nation 
generally  in  1581 ;  enlarged  and  signed  again  in  1588  ; 
and  again  in  1638  enlarged,  and  made  to  consist  of  three 
parts — the  first,  the  old  Covenant  by  Craig, — the  second, 
condemning  Popery,  by  Johnston  of  Warriston, — third, 
the  application  of  the  whole  to  the  present  time,  by 
Alexander  Henderson,  and  signed  by  the  people  at 
large  in  1638  ;  and  again  remodelled  by  Henderson,  and 
adopted  in  August,  1643  ;  and  also  by  the  Westminster 
Divines  and  the  Parliament  of  England,  September  25th 
of  the  same  year,  and  in  the  Spring  of  1644  by  the 
Churches  of  Ireland,  and  continuing  to  this  day  a  bind- 
ing instrument  in  Scotland,  and  making  a  part  of  their 
printed  Confession  and  Discipline,  and  also  acknowl- 
edged as  binding  to  this  day  by  a  large  number  of  the 
descendants  of  the  Scotch  and  Irish  emigrants  to 
America — leaves  no  rational  doubt  what  views  of  the 
Confession  of  Faith  those  that  lived  so  near  the  times 
of  the  grand  national  subscription  of  1643  and  1644 


132  PRESBYTERY 

must  have  had.  In  matters  of  conscience  they  had 
been  accustomed  to  resist  the  king,  they  bound  them- 
selves by^  this  solemn  oath  to  do  it,  and  this  Solemn 
League  was  inseparably  connected  with  their  doctrinal 
creed  and  form  of  Church  government,  which  were 
strictly  Presbyterian." 

In  addition  to  what  has  already  been  stated,  in 
proof  that  the  organization  of  the  Presbytery  was 
strictly  Presbyterian,  we  have  the  evidence  that  candi- 
dates for  the  ministry  were  carefully  tried  as  to  their 
learning  and  soundness  in  the  faith,  and  required  to 
"submit  themselves  to  the  judgment  and  discipline  of 
the  Church  according  to  Presbytery." — Minutes^  1710, 
p.  19,  and  passim.  Sessions  also  were  organized  and 
deacons  appointed,  and  in  their  own  language,  they 
maintained  "Presbyterian  government  and  Church 
discipline  as  exercised  by  the  Presbyterians  in  the  best 
Reformed  Churches,  as  far  as  the  nature  and  constitu- 
tion of  this  country  will  allow." — {Minutes,  1721,  p.  68.) 
By  Presbyterians  in  the  best  Reformed  Churches,  must 
be  understood  those  of  Scotland,  Ireland,  France,  and 
Holland,  and  what  the  Presbyterianism  was  is  not  a 
matter  of  dispute.  Their  government  and  discipline 
our  fathers  adopted,  "  as  far  as  the  nature  and  constitu- 
tion of  this  country  would  allow,"  that  is,  they  con- 
formed to  them  in  everything  which  did  not  arise  out 
of  the  peculiar  local    circumstances   of   the  foreign 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  133 

churches,  either  as  civil  establishments,  or  as  controlled 
and  fettered  by  the  State,  The  Minutes  of  the  Presby- 
tery, moreover,  show,  on  every  page,  that  it  exercised 
in  their  fullest  latitude  all  the  powers  pertaining  to  such 
a  body  as  defined  in  our  present  constitution,  that  no 
congregation  could  settle  or  dismiss  a  pastor  without 
its  permission;  that  it  could  and  did  dismiss  pastors 
without  the  consent  of  their  congregations  ;  that  it  ex- 
ercised every  other  power  exercised  at  the  present  day 
by  a  Presbytery  over  a  congregation,  as  that  of  erect- 
ing new  churches,  dividing  congregations,  appointing 
supplies,  etc.,  etc.  "It  is  only  asking  then,"  as  has 
w^ell  been  observed,  "  that  the  founders  of  our  Church 
should  be  regarded  as  sane  and  honest  men,  when  it  is 
asked  that  they  should  be  regarded  as  a  Presbyterian, 
and  not  as  a  Congregational  or  nondescript  body." 


134  PRESBYTERY 


CHAPTER  YI. 

CORRESPONDENCE   OF    THE   PRESBYTERY. 

Letter  to  Connecticut. 

In  1708  a  letter  was  written  to  certain  ministers  in 
Connecticut,  asking  their  influence  for  the  settlement 
of  "  the  confusions  and  distraction  arising  from  the 
accession  of  Mr.  Wade  to  be  the  minister  of  Wood- 
bridge."  It  speaks  of  the  object  of  the  formation  of 
the  Presbyter}' , — "  for  the  furthering  and  promoting 
the  true  interests  of  religion  and  godliness."  It  de- 
clares, "  It  is  our  universal  desire  to  walk  in  the  nearest 
union  and  fellowship  with  the  churches  in  those  parts 
where  you  inhabit,  not  knowing  any  difference  so 
weighty  as  to  inhibit  such  a  proposal,  nor  doubting  of 
your  cordial  assent  thereto." 

Letter  to  Coldin. 

March  26,  1708,  Mr.  Makemie,  by  order  of  Presby- 
tery, wrote  to  Alexander  Coldin,  minister  of  Oxam, 
Presbytery  of  Jedburgh,  Scotland,  giving  an  account 
of  the  state  of  the  Dissenting  Presbyterian  interest  in 
and  about  Lewestown,  and  signifying  the  earnest  desires 
of  that  people  for  him  to  come  and  be  their  minister. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  135 

The  following  letters  show  the  clearness  with  which 
the  work  of  missions  was  recognized  as  the  specific 
business  of  the  Church.  . 


An  Appeal  to  the  Churches  in  London. 

"May,  1709. 
•'  To  Sir  Edmund  Harrison  : 

"  Honorable  Sir :  The  distressed  condition  of  these 
Provinces,  with  respect  to  religion,  in  which  the  pro- 
vidence of  God  has  cast  our  lot,  has  moved  us  to  apply 
to  the  Reverend  Ministers  of  Boston,  in  iTew  England, 
to  join  with  us  in  addressing  yourself,  and  other  chari- 
table gentlemen  in  London,  to  consider  the  state  of  these 
countries,  and  to  implore  your  help  and  assistance  for 
promoting  the  interest  of  our  glorious  Lord.  To  our 
great  satisfaction  they  have  readily  complied  with  our 
desire,  and  have  drawn  up  and  signed  a  letter  parti- 
cularly directed  to  yourself.  And  that  we  for  our  parts 
may  not  be  wanting,  being  informed  of  that  public  ex- 
cellent spirit  in  you,  famed  both  for  piety  and  prudence, 
do  likewise  address  ourselves  unto  your  honour  upon 
the  same  account.  The  negotiation  began  and  en- 
couraged by  a  fund,  in  the  time  when  our  worthy 
friend  Mr.  McKemie  (now  deceased)  was  with  you,  for 
evangelizing  these  colonies,  was  a  business  exceedingly 
acceptable  to  a  multitude  of  people,  and  was  likely  to 
have  been  of  great  service  if  continued,  which  makes 


136  PRESBYTERY 

US  much  grieved  that  so  valuable  a  design  was,  so  soon 
after  its  beginning,  laid  aside.  The  necessity  of  carry- 
ing on  the  same  affair  being  as  great,  if  not  greater  now, 
than  it  was  then,  we  hope  that  our  patriots  (patrons  ?) 
in  London  will  revive  so  good  and  important  a  work, 
and  not  let  it  lie  buried  under  the  ashes,  but  that  some 
suitable  method  will  be  taken  that  it  may  be  set  on 
foot  again.  Unto  whom  can  we  apply  ourselves  more 
fitly  than  unto  our  fathers,  who  have  been  extolled  in 
the  Reformed  Churches  for  their  large  bounty  and 
benevolence  in  their  necessities  ?  We  doubt  not,  but 
if  the  sum  of  about  two  hundred  pounds  per  annum 
were  raised  for  the  encouragement  of  Ministers  in  these 
parts,  it  would  enable  Ministers  and  people  to  erect 
eight  congregations,  and  ourselves  put  in  better  circum- 
stances than  hitherto  we  have  been.  We  are  at  present 
seven  Ministers,  most  of  whose  outward  affairs  are  so 
straitened  as  to  crave  relief,  unto  which,  if  two  or  three 
more  were  added,  it  would  greatly  strengthen  Our  in- 
terest, which  does  miserably  suffer,  as  things  at  present 
are  among  us.  Sir,  if  we  shall  be  supplied  with  Min- 
isters from  you,  which  we  earnestly  desire,  with  your 
benevolence  to  the  value  above  said,  you  may  be  assured 
of  our  fidelity  and  Christian  care  in  distributing  it  to 
the  best  ends  and  purposes  we  can,  so  as  we  hope  we 
shall  be  able  to  give  a  just  and  fair  account  for  every 
part  of  it  to  yourself  and  others,  by  our  letters  to  you. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  137 

It  is  well  known  what  advantages  the  missionaries  from 
England  have  of  us,  from  the  settled  fund  of  their 
Church,  which  not  only  liherally  supports  them  here, 
but  encourages  so  many  insolences  both  against  our 
persons  and  interests,  which  sorrowfully  looking  on, 
we  cannot  but  lament  and  crave  your  remedy.  That 
our  evangelical  affairs  may  be  the  better  managed,  we 
have  formed  ourselves  into  a  Presbytery,  annually  to 
be  convened  at  this  city,  at  which  times  it  is  a  sore 
distress  and  trouble  unto  us,  that  we  are  not  able  to 
comply  with  the  desires  of  sundry  places,  crying  unto 
us  for  Ministers  to  deal  forth  the  word  of  life  unto  them  ; 
therefore  we  most  earnestly  beseech  you,  in  the  bowels 
of  our  Lord,  to  intercede  with  the  Ministers  of  London, 
and  other  well-affected  gentlemen,  to  extend  their 
charity  and  pity  to  us,  to  carry  on  so  necessary  and 
glorious  a  work,  otherwise  many  people  will  remain  in 
a  perishing  condition  as  to  spiritual  things.  Li  so 
doing,  your  humble  supplicants  shall  ever  pray  that  the 
blessings  of  God's  throne  and  footstool  may  be  con- 
ferred upon  you  and  them." — Mirdstej^s^  1709,  p.  16. 

Letter  to  the  Presbytery  of  Dublin. 

"The  Presbytery  met  at  Philadelphia,  to  the  Rev. 
Presbytery  of  Dublin,  wisheth  grace,  mercy,  and  peace, 
the  bond  of  fellowship,  and  prosperity  in  the  Gospel  of 
the  Lord  Jesus. 

10 


138  PRESBYTERY 

"  Bev.  and  Dear  Brethren  in  the  Lord:  By  a  letter  from 
Rev.  Mr.  Alexander  Sinclare,  a  member  of  your  society, 
dated  E'ovember,  1709,  and  directed  to  Mr.  John  Henry, 
one  of  our  number,  we  find  you  desire  a  correspondence 
may  be  settled  and  continued  from  time  to  time,  than 
which  nothing  can  be  more  acceptable  to  us  poor  scat- 
tered and  far-dispersed  laborers  in  our  Lord's  vineyard. 
As  also  you  desire  an  account  of  our  ecclesiastical 
aftairs,  and  promise  all  the  assistance  yourselves  can 
aiford  or  procure  by  interest  from  others.  The  former 
we  are  ready  to  give,  and  for  the  latter  we  are  grateful. 

"As  to  the  state  of  the  church  in  these  parts,  our  inte- 
rest truly  is  very  w^eak,  and  we  cannot  relate  this  matter 
without  sorrow  of  heart,  since  it  is  too  much  owing  to 
the  neglect  of  Ministers  at  home.  Ou  r  late  Rev.  Brother, 
Mr.  Francis  McKemie,  prevailed  with  the  ministers  of 
London  to  undertake  the  suj)port  of  two  itinerants  for 
the  space  of  tw^o  years,  and  after  that  time  to  send  two 
more  upon  the  same  condition,  allowing  the  former 
after  that  time  to  settle,  which,  if  accomplished,  had 
proved  of  more  than  credible  advantage  to  these  parts, 
considering  how  far  scattered  most  of  the  inhabitants 
be.  But,  alas,  they  drew  back  their  hand,  and  we  have 
reason  to  lament  their  deficiency.  Had  our  friends  at 
home  been  equally  watchful  and  diligent  as  the  Episco- 
pal society  at  London,  our  interest  in  most  foreign 
plantations  probably  might  have  carried  the  balance. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  139 

In  all  Virginia  there  is  but  one  small  congregation  at 
Elizabeth  Eiver,  and  some  few  families  favouring  our 
way  in  Rappahannock  and  York.  In  Maryland  only 
four,  in  Pennsylvania  ^ve,  and  in  the  Jerseys  two,  which 
bounds,  with  some  places  of  IN'ew  York,  make  up  all 
the  bounds  we  have  any  members  from,  and  at  present 
some  of  these  be  vacant.  IN'ot  long  ago  there  was  a 
probability  of  doing  more  good  in  Maryland  before 
Episcopacy  was  established  by  law,  and  at  present  in 
Pennsylvania,  the  East  and  West  Jerseys,  and  some 
places  of  ]^ew  York,  if  the  occasion  also  be  not  slipped. 
As  for  ecclesiastical  affairs  in  other  places,  we  shall  not 
here  trouble  you  with,  being  not  perfectl}^  acquainted 
therewith  ourselves.  That  then.  Reverend  and  dear 
Brethren,  which  at  present  we  would  humbly,  for  the 
sake  of  Christ's  interest,  make  the  subject  of  an  address 
unto  you  is,  that  of  3^oar  zealous  Christian  and  religious 
charity,  to  the  mystical  body  of  the  blessed  Jesus,  you 
would  raise  one  sixty  pounds  to  support  an  able,  well- 
approved  of  young  man  from  yourselves  as  an  itinerant 
in  these  parts,  among  the  dispersed  children  of  God  for 
a  year,  after  which  time  we  doubt  not  but  he  may  be 
settled  comfortably.  This  we  have  used  our  interest 
in  London  for,  in  the  hands  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Calamy, 
which  we  expect,  according  to  promise  from  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Sinclare,  you  will  use  yours  also  to  forward,  and 
in  the  meantime  not  be  wanting  to  answer  our  former 


140  PRESBYTERY 

request.  Thus,  not  making  the  least  doubt  but  this  our 
letter  shall  have  the  desired  answer,  we  subscribe  our- 
selves, by  our  representative,  your  well-wishers  in  the 
Lord:'— 3Iinutes,  1710,  p.  19. 

Letter  to  the  Synod  of  Glasgo"w. 

"  September,  1710. 
"The   Presbytery  met   at   Philadelphia,   to   the   Right 
Reverend  Synod  of  Glasgow: 

"  Hight  Reverend. — Hoping  you  are  in  part  acquainted 
with  the  circumstances  of  our  interest  in  these  Ameri- 
can plantations,  and  persuading  ourselves  of  your  readi- 
ness to  contribute  both  by  advice  and  other  ways  for 
the  general  good  of  Christianity  in  these  poor  neglected 
provinces,  w^e  have  unanimously  judged  it  (knowing 
none  so  proper  to  apply  unto,  and  repose  our  confidence 
in,  as  yourselves,  our  Reverend  Brethren  of  the  Church 
of  Scotland,  whom  we  sincerely  honour  and  aiFection- 
ately  esteem  as  fathers)  our  duty,  for  strengthening  our 
interest  in  the  service  of  the  gospel,  to  address  you  for 
your  concurrence  with  us  in  so  great  and  good  a  work. 
We  are  not  a  little  encouraged  in  these  our  applications 
by  a  letter  from  the  Rev.  Mr.  James  Brown,  of  Glasgow, 
one  of  'the  members  of  the  Rev.  Synod  (to  some  of  our 
good  friends)  of  your  willingness  to  correspond  with  us, 
in  what  concerns  the  advancement  of  the  Mediator's 
interest  in  these  regions  where  our  lot  is  fallen.     We 


OF    PHILADELPHIA.  141 

have,  for  some  years  past,  formed  ourselves  into  a  Pres- 
byterial  meeting,  annually  conventecl  at  the  city  of 
Philadelphia,  in  Pennsylvania,  and  to  our  capacities 
(considering  our  infancy,  paucity,  and  the  many  oppo- 
sitions and  discourao-ements  we  have  all  alons;  strus:- 
gled  with),  taken  what  care  we  could  that  our  meeting 
(though  small)  might  be  for  the  general  good  of  religion 
in  these  parts.  And  we  are  thankful  that  by  the  Divine 
Providence  our  endeavors  and  poor  essays  have  not 
been  altogether  in  vain.  The  number  of  our  ministers 
from  the  respective  provinces  is  ten  in  all,  three  from 
Maryland,  five  from  Pennsylvania,  and  two  from  East 
Jersey.  And  we  are  in  great  expectation  that  some 
from  other  places  may  be  encouraged  to  join  us  here- 
after. We  have  thought  good  further  to  represent  to 
the  Rev.  Synod,  the  desolate  condition  of  sundry  vacant 
places  who  have  applied  to  us  for  a  supply  of  ministers 
who  express  their  Christian  desire  of  enjoying  the  pub- 
lic administrations  of  the  gospel  purely,  but  to  their 
and  our  grief  they  are  not  in  a  capacity  to  provide  a 
competent  maintenance  for  the  support  of  ministers 
without  being  beholden  to  the  Christian  assistance  of 
others,  at  least  for  some  time.  We  are  sorry  in  our 
present  circumstances  we  can  neither  answer  their  re- 
quests by  supplying  them  with  ministers  nor  contri- 
buting towards  their  outward  support,  some  of  our- 
selves being  considerably  straitened.     May  it  therefore 


142  PRESBYTERY 

please  the  pious  and  Rev.  Synod,  in  compassion  to  the 
desolate  souls  in  America,  perishing  for  want  of  vision, 
to  send  over  one  or  more  ministers,  and  to  support  them 
for  longer  or  shorter  time.  This  will  be  a  work  very 
worthy  of  persons  of  your  character,  a  strengthening  to 
us  and  our  interest,  and  a  matter  of  singular  comfort 
to  all  the  sincere  lovers  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  We 
further  represent  that,  according  to  the  best  of  our 
judgment,  forty  pounds  sterling,  annually  paid  in  Scot- 
land, to  be  transmitted  in  goods,  will  be  a  competency 
for  the  support  of  each  minister  you  send,  provided 
that  of  your  pious  and  Christian  benevolence  you  suit- 
ably fit  them  out.  And  after  they  have  here  labored 
in  the  Lord's  vineyard  a  year  or  two,  we  are  in  good 
hopes  that  they  will  find  such  comfortable  encourage- 
ment as  may  induce  them  to  settle  among  us  without 
giving  you  further  trouble  for  their  support.  Thus 
recommending  ourselves  and  affairs  to  your  Christian 
concern  and  hearty  prayers,  expecting  your  ready  con- 
currence w^ith  us  in  these  representations  and  desires 
for  the  public  good  and  interest  of  the  gospel,  and 
praying  for  the  rich  blessing  of  Heaven  upon  your- 
selves, and  success  in  your  undertakings  for  Christ's 
Church,  we  remain  your  affectionate  brethren  and  fel- 
low-laborers in  the  work  of  the  Lord." — Minutes^ 
1710,  p.  20. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  143 

Letter  to  Dr.  Tong. 

In  1710,  the  Rev.  George  Macnish,  Moderator  of  the 
Presbytery,  by  their  order  wrote  a  letter  to  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Tong,  of  London,  which  has  been  lost,  but  which 
was  doubtless  to  the  same  eifect  as  the  others,  an  appeal 
for  men  and  money. 

From  London  there  came  back  a  cheering  response, 
for  which  the  Presbytery  expressed  their  gratitude  in 
the  warmest  terms.  In  1712,  Thomas  Reynolds  en- 
gaged, for  the  ensuing  year,  to  advance  thirty  pounds 
for  missionary  labor  within  the  bounds  of  the  Presby- 
tery, promising,  according  to  his  capacity,  to  do  what 
he  could  to  serve  them  in  after  years.  "  I  should  be 
glad,"  he  says,  "  to  be  an  instrument  of  disappointing 
any  that  can  encourage  no  expectation  from  us."  The 
aid  was  seasonable  ;  it  proved  "  the  relief  of  some  weak 
cono-resfations,"  unable  to  maintain  their  own  ministers. 

"  The  appeal  to  the  Presbytery  of  Dublin  cannot  be 
traced  to  immediate  results.  The  records  are  unfor- 
tunately lost.  But  it  is  evident  from  the  minutes  of 
the  Synod  of  Ulster  that  efforts  were  made  to  send 
missionaries  to  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia. 

"  The  letter  to  the  Synod  of  Glasgow  was  presented 
by  James  Brown,  April  3, 1711,  and  produced  a  power- 
ful effect.  April  5th  it  was  resolved  that  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Synod  carry  the  matter  to  the  General 
Assembly, '  it  being  a  matter  that  concerns  the  whole 


144  PRESBYTERY 

Church.'  But  the  Assembly's  Committee  on  Overtures 
decided  that  it  was  not  wise  at  that  juncture  to  bring 
it  before  the  Assembly.  Accordingly,  October  2d,  the 
Synod  reconsidered  the  matter,  and  referred  to  the 
several  Presbyteries  to  see  what  they  were  willing  to 
contribute  '  in  making  up  a  fund  in  order  to  sending  of 
one  or  more  ministers  to  those  parts.'  The  next  day 
the  several  Presbyteries  reported  contributions  amount- 
ing to  £538  Scots,  and  a  treasurer,  Mr.  Gray,  was 
appointed  to  receive  these  and  further  contributions. 
April  1,  1712,  the  Presbytery  of  Glasgow  reported  that 
they  had  '  pitched  upon  one  Robert  Donaldson,  preacher 
of  the  gospel,  who  is  ready  to  go  to  Pennsylvania  upon 
the  iirst  occasion,'  and  the  treasurer  was  directed  to 
pay  him  £40.  But  for  some  unknown  reason  he  failed 
to  go.  In  the  next  year,  April  7,  1713,  the  Presbytery 
of  Glasgow  reported  that  '  they  had  sent  Robert 
Witherspoon  to  Pennsylvania  to  labor  in  the  work  of 
the  gospel  in  those  parts,  and  they  gave  him  £40  ster- 
ling, to  fit  him  out  conformable  to  the  Synod's  order.' 
Robert  Witherspoon  was  received  by  the  Presbytery 
of  Philadelphia,  and  after  examination  by  a  committee, 
was  ordained  and  installed  as  pastor  at  Apoquinimy, 
May,  1714.     Amer.  Fresh.  168-9. 

"  It  is  proper  to  add  that  the  Rev.  Thomas  Reynolds, 
of  London,*  wrote  to  Cotton  Mather,  June  9,  1715,  '  I 

*  Mather  MSS.  Am.  Antiq.  Soc. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  145 

must  now  acquaint  you  that  Mr.  McXish  has  not  been 
forgotten  by  me,  who  have  endeavored,  upon  all 
occasions,  to  solicit  the  concern  of  the  foreign  planta- 
tions, and  have  stirred  up  my  brethren  to  counteract  the 
designs  of  the  missionaries.  Endeavors  have  been  used 
and  much  time  spent  for  this  purpose.  The  society 
proceeds,  and  is  not  without  hopes  of  gaining  bishops 
to  be  sent  into  his  majesty's  plantations.'  He  urges 
that  an  agent  be  sent  over,  and  that  if  Mr.  McXish 
or  any  other  can  send  anything  which  may  aiford 
matter  of  further  remonstrance  to  the  society,  w^e  pray 
he  will  do  it  with  all  expedition,  and  with  authentic 
testimonials." 

Note. — Sir  Edmund  Harrison,  mentioned  with  others 
in  the  preceding  correspondence,  as  feeling  a  deep  inte- 
rest in  the  cause  of  Presbyterianism  in  the  Colonies, 
was  a  Presbyterian  layman,  in  London,  of  well-known 
benevolence  and  extensive  influence.  He  was  one  of 
the  managers  of  the  Presbyterian  Fund  from  1694-97, 
and  was  also  a  member  of  the  Society  for  the  Propaga- 
tion of  the  Gospel  in  K'ew  England.  "  Mr.  Reynolds 
was  a  remarkable  pleader  for  the  cause  and  interest  of 
Christ,  and  especially  for  poor  Ministers  in  the  country, 
and  God  gave  him  in  a  liberal  manner  the  hearts  and 
purses  of  his  people  (Eastcheap  Chapel),  they  making 
the  largest  collection  of  any  congregation  in  London 


146  PRESBYTERY 

(Salter's  Hall  excepted)  for  many  years."  {History  of 
Protestant  Dissenting  Congregations  in  London^  MSS. 
III.,  Dr.  Williams's  Library,  London.)  Dr.  Tong 
(spelled  Tongue  in  the  Records  of  the  Presbytery)  was 
pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Salter's  Hall. 
"  He  was  a  minister  of  considerable  qualifications  and 
ministerial  abilities.  He  was  greatly  useful  in  his 
day,  and  served  a  large  congregation,  which  was  the 
richest  in  London.  For  many  years  their  contribu- 
tions for  country  Ministers  exceeded  any  other,  and  is 
very  large,  if  not  the  largest  still.  Mr.  Tongue  had  a 
large  share  in  their  esteem,  and  for  many  years  obtained 
from  them  considerable  gifts  for  poor  Ministers  and 
congregations,  as  well  as  private  Christians  in  distress." 
{Extracts  from  the  Histoi^y  of  Protestant  Dissenting  Con- 
gregations^ 1772,  MSS.  IIL,  Dr.  Williams's  Library, 
London.) 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  147 


CHAPTER   YII. 

RELATION   OF    THE    PRESBYTERY    TO    THE    SYNOD. 

As  the  relation  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  in 
the  extent  and  exercise  of  its  powers,  to  the  Synod  of 
Philadelphia  (as  also  that  of  the  other  Presbyteries 
belonging  to  the  Synod)  was  somewhat  peculiar,  as 
compared  with  the  relation  which  now  exists  between 
Synods  and  Presbyteries,  some  explanation  of  the  dif- 
ference is  required. 

On  this  subject.  Dr.  Hodge,  after  sho'wing  that  the 
original  Syjiod  of  our  Church  exercised  the  power  of 
review  and  control  over  presbyteries  and  congregations, 
of  receiving  and  deciding  appeals,  references,  and  com- 
plaints, and  of  general  supervision  and  direction,  pro- 
ceeds to  say : — 

"  It  exhibits  as  perfect  an  example  of  regular  Presby- 
terian discipline  as  is  presented  by  smy  body  of  Chris- 
tians at  the  present  day.  There  are,  however,  several 
respects  in  which  that  Synod  differed,  in  its  modes  of 
action,  from  what  is  now  common  among  us.  In  the 
first  place,  it  had  a  commission  annually  appointed, 
which  was  clothed  with  all  the  powers  of  the  Synod. 
To  this  commission  all  items  of  business  which  could 


148  PRESBYTERY 

not  be  dispatched  during  the  sessions  of  Synod,  were 
referred.  To  them  all  applications  were  made,  which 
required  immediate  attention.  They  could  suspend, 
censure,  or  dismiss  ministers,  decide  appeals  and  refer- 
ences, and  in  short  do  all  that  the  Synod  itself  could 
do,  and  from  their  decisions  there  was  no  appeal. 
Their  records  were  regularly  presented  to  Synod,  and 
that  body  could  correct  anything  which  they  thought 
had  been  done  amiss.  Every  one  knows  that  this  was 
in  imitation  of  the  commission  of  the  General  Assem- 
bly in  Scotland,  as  it  continues  to  the  present  day. 
***** 

"  A  second  particular  in  which  the  first  Synod  dif- 
fered from  ours  was  the  frequent  appointment  of  plenipo- 
tentiary committees." 

After  giving  instances  of  such  committees,  selected 
from  the  minutes  of  the  years  1717  to  1728,  stating  that 
many  examples  of  a  similar  kind  might  be  taken  from 
the  records  of  subsequent  years,  and  observing  that  this 
mode  of  proceeding,  though  so  different  from  our 
method  of  conducting  Synodical  business,  is  in  perfect 
accordance  with  that  in  vogue  in  Scotland,  Dr.  Hodge 
adds : — 

"  The  great  distinction,  however,  between  the 
original  Synod  and  ours,  is,  that  the  former  exercised 
all  presbyterial  powers.  They  examined  and  received 
new    members,    ordained,    dismissed,    suspended,    or 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  149 

deposed  ministers,  regulated  the  affairs  of  congre- 
gations, and  in  short  did  everything  within  their 
whole  limits,  that  any  Presbytery  might  properly 
do  within  its  own.  Thus,  in  1718,  it  is  recorded 
that, '  Mr.  William  Tennent's  affair  being  transmitted 
from  the  committee  (of  bills  and  overtures)  to  the 
Synod  w^as  by  them  fully  considered,  being  w^ell 
satisfied  with  his  credentials,  and  the  testimony  of 
some  brethren  here  present,  as  also  they  were  satis- 
fied with  the  material  reasons  which  he  oftered  con- 
cerning his  dissenting  from  the  established  church  in  Ire- 
land, being  put  to  a  vote  it  was  carried  in  the  affirmative 
to  admit  him  a  member  of  Synod.'  On  the  following 
page  it  it  stated  that '  Mr.  Samuel  Young,  minister  of  the 
gospel,  presenting  his  credentials  from  the  Presbytery 
of  Armagh,  met  at  Donaghmore  in  the  County  Down 
in  the  kingdom  of  Ireland,  to  this  synod,  they  were 
cordially  approved,  and  he  admitted  a  member,  nem. 
eon  J  In  the  same  year  Messrs.  Clement  and  Steward, 
probationers,  presented  their  credentials,  which  were 
approved,  and  calls  having  been  handed  in  for  them 
from  the  eastern  shore  of  Maryland,  the  Synod  ap- 
pointed Messrs.  Davis,  Hampton,  and  Thompson,  and 
such  members  of  the  presbytery  of  l^ewcastle  as  they 
might  choose  to  call  to  their  aid,  to  ordain  them.  The 
same  year  Mr.  Hampton  petitioned  to  be  dismissed 
from  his  pastoral  charge,  which  was  granted,  and  his 


150  PRESBYTERY 

church  declared  vacant  by  the  synod.  ,  In  1720,  Mr. 
Orme  presented  his  testimonials  and  was  admitted  a 
member  of  synod.  Mr.  John  Morehead  applied  for 
admission,  and  was  refused.  The  complaints  made  by 
the  elders  of  the  church  of  Rehoboth  asrainst  their 
pastor  were  entertained,  and  he  suspended  by  the  Synod 
ad  interim^  and  the  whole  matter  referred  to  a  committee 
of  their  own  body.  In  1726,  a  call  from  Donegal  for 
Mr.  Anderson  was  presented  to  the  Synod,  and  by  them 
handed  to  him  for  his  acceptance.  In  1728  various 
charges  were  presented  b}^  a  people  against  their  pastor, 
which  were  examined  ;  from  most  of  them  he  was 
acquitted,  while  others  were  referred  to  his  presbytery 
for  further  examination.  These  are  only  a  few  of  the 
examples  which  might  be  selected  of  the  exercise  of 
presbyterial  powers  by  the  synod.  All  this  is  very 
different  from  anything  we  are  accustomed  to,  but  it  is 
in  perfect  accordance  with  the  Scotch  system.  The 
explanation  is  to  be  found  in  the  following  provision  of 
the  Book  of  Polity :  "  These  assemblies  (viz.,  synods) 
have  the  whole  power  of  the  particular  elderships 
(presbyteries)  of  which  they  are  collected."*  It  ap- 
pears, then,  that  the  original  Sj'nod  of  our  Church  not 
only  exercised  all  the  po"v\^ers  which  are  now  recog- 

*  Calderwood,  p.  1 09.  Eldership  is  the  old  Scotch  name  for 
presbytery,  and  is  described  as  consisting  "of  pastors,  doctors,  and 
such  as  we  call  elders,  that  labor  not  in  word  or  doctrine." 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  151 

nizecl  as  belonging  to  such  bodies,  but  that  it  went 
much  farther,  conforming  in  various  respects  to  the 
Scottish  model,  in  points  in  which  we  have  long  dif- 
fered from  it. 


152  PRESBYTERY 


CHAPTER  VIII. 

SKETCHES  OF  SOME  OF  THE  LEADING  (DECEASED)  MINISTERS 
WHOSE  NAMES  APPEAR  ON  THE  ROLL  OF  THE  PRESBY- 
TERY.* 

Rev.  William  Tennent,  Sr.,  was  born  in  Ireland  in 
1673.  It  is  probable  that  he  received  his  education  at 
Trinity  College,  Dublin,  as  he  belonged  originally  to 
the  Episcopal  Church  of  Ireland,  in  which  he  took 
orders.  After  his  arrival  in  this  country,  he  was  re- 
ceived, September  17,  1718,  into  the  Synod  of  Phila- 
delphia. In  IN'ovember  following  he  went  to  East 
Chester,  ]^ew  York,  where  he  continued,  probably  as  a 
stated  supply,  for  about  eighteen  months.  In  May, 
1720,  he  removed  from  thence  to  Bedford,  Westchester 
County,  IST.  Y.,  and  took  charge  of  the  church  at  that 
place,  of  which  he  was  pastor  till  August,  1726.  After 
leaving  Bedford,  he  went  to  preach  at  Bensalem  and 
Smithfield,  in  Bucks  County,  Pa.  Subsequently,  and 
soon  after,  but  at  what  precise  date  it  is  not  easy  to  de- 
cide, he  accepted  a  call  from  the  church  at  E"eshaminy, 

*  This  list  would  have  gladly  been  made  more  full  and  complete 
had  the  size  of  the  volume  admitted  of  such  enlargement. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  153 

in  the  same  county,  where  he  remained  till  the  close  of 
his  life.  He  had  two  congregations,  distinguished  as 
the  Upper  and  Lower.  Soon  after  his  removal  to  Xe- 
shaminy,  being  deeply  impressed  with  the  importance 
of  a  well  educated  as  well  as  pious  ministry,  he  estab- 
lished a  school  at  which  young  men  might  acquire  the 
requisite  qualification  for  the  sacred  ofiace.*  Mr.  Ten- 
nent  died  at  his  own  house  in  Neshaminy,  May  6, 1745, 
aged  seventy -three.  A  writer  in  the  May  number  of  the 
Asseynhly^s  31agazine^  for  the  year  1805,  says  of  him : 
"He  was  eminent  as  a  classical  scholar.  His  attain- 
ments in  science  are  not  so  well  know^n,  but  there  is 
reason  to  believe  that  they  were  not  so  great  as  his  skill 
in  language.  His  general  character  appears  to  have 
been  that  of  a  man  of  great  integrity,  simplicity,  in- 
dustry, and  piety." 

Jonathan  Dickinson,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Hatfield, 
Mass.,  April  22, 1688.  He  graduated  at  Yale  in  1706, 
and  in  1708  was  installed  pastor  of  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church  in  Elizabethtown,  ^.  J.  Of  this  church 
he  was  for  nearly  forty  years  the  joy  and  glory.  Octo- 
ber 22,  1746,  he  was  appointed  the  First  President  of 
K^ew  Jersey  College.  He  died  October  7, 1747,  aged 
fifty-nine.     His   last  words  were :    "  Many  days  have 

*  Appendix  X. 
11 


154  •  PRESBYTERY 

passed  between  God  and  my  soul,  in  which  I  have  sol- 
emnly dedicated  myself  to  Ilim,  and  I  trust  what  I 
have  committed  unto  Him  He  is  able  to  keep  until  that 
day."  Dr.  Dickinson  was  a  most  solemn,  weighty,  and 
moving  preacher,  a  uniform  advocate  of  the  distin- 
guishing doctrines  of  grace,  industrious,  indefatigable, 
and  successful  in  his  ministerial  labors.  His  person 
was  manly  and  of  full  size,  his  aspect  grave  and  solemn, 
so  that  the  wicked  seemed  to  tremble  in  his  presence.' 
As  a  friend  of  literature,  he  was  also  eminently  useful. 
His  writings  possess  a  very  high  degree  of  merit.  The 
most  important  are  his  "  Discourses  on  the  Reasonable- 
ness of  Christianity,"  and  on  the  "  Five  Points,"  in  an- 
swer to  Whitby.  An  octavo  volume  of  his  works  was 
published  at  Edinburgh  in  1793. 

Francis  Alison,  D.D.,  was  born  in  the  parish  of  Lac, 
■  County  of  Donegal,  Ireland,  in  the  year  1705.  He 
came  as  a  probationer  to  this  country  in  1734  or  '35. 
He  is  said  to  have  had  an  academy  at  Thunder  Hill, 
Maryland.  He  was  ordained  pastor  of  ]^ew  London, 
by  Kew  Castle  Presbytery,  before  May,  1737.  In  1749 
he  was  invited  to  take  charge  of  the  Philadelphia 
Academy.  This  institution  was  erected  into  a  college 
in  1755,  at  which  time  Mr.  Alison  was  appointed  its 
Vice-Provost  and  Professor  of  Moral  Philosophy.  He 
w^as  also  assistant  minister  of  the  First  Presbyterian 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  155 

Church.  Eoth  these  positions  he  filled  with  acknow- 
ledged fidelity  and  success.  In  1758  he  received  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from  the  University  of 
Glasgow.  He  was  the  first  of  our  ministers  who  re- 
ceived that  honor,  and  the  Synod  of  Philadelphia 
returned  their  thanks  for  the  favor  to  the  University. 

Eev.  Gilbert  Tennent,  the  oldest  son  of  Eev.  Wil- 
liam Tennent,  of  N'eshaminy,  was  born  in  the  County 
Armagh,  February  5,  1703,  was  educated  by  his  father, 
and  was  licensed  by  Philadelphia  Presbytery  in  May, 
1725.  He  received  in  the  Fall  the  degree  of  A.M., 
from  Yale.  In  the  Autumn  of  1726,  he  was  installed 
pastor  of  the  Church  at  l^ew  Brunswick,  I^.  J.  For 
some  time  he  was  the  delight  of  the  pious,  and  was 
honored  by  those  who  were  destitute  of  religion.  But 
when  God  began  to  bless  his  faithful  labors  to  the 
awakening  of  secure  sinners,  and  to  their  conversion 
from  darkness  unto  light,  he  presently  lost  the  good 
opinion  of  false  professors,  and  his  name  was  loaded 
with  reproaches.  But  he  bore  all  with  patience. 
Though  he  had  sensibility  to  character  as  well  as 
others,  yet  he  was  willing  to  incur  disgrace  rather 
than  neglect  preaching  the  Truth,  however  offensive 
to  the  sinful,  whom  he  wished  to  reclaim. 

Towards  the  close  of  the  year  1740,  and  in  the  be- 
ginning of  the  year  1741,  he  made  a  tour  in  Kew  Eng- 


156  PRESBYTERY 

land,  at  the  request  of  Mr.  Wliitefield.  An  astonishing 
efficacy  accompanied  his  labors.  Visiting  various 
towns,  he  was  everywhere  remarkably  useful.  In  this 
tour,  the  dress  in  which  he  commonly  entered  the 
pulpit  was  a  greatcoat,  girt  about  him  with  a  leathern 
girdle,  while  his  natural  hair  was  left  undressed.  His 
large  stature  and  grave  aspect  added  a  dignity  to  the 
simplicity,  or  rather  rusticity,  of  his  appearance. 

In  1744  Mr.  Tennent  removed  to  Philadelphia  and 
took  charge  of  the  Second  Congregation.  "  Here," 
says  Webster,  "  his  feet  were  blistered  in  travelling  the 
streets  and  visiting  such  numbers  of  distressed  souls. 
He  called  on  Franklin  to  point  out  suitable  persons 
from  whom  to  solicit  aid  in  erecting  a  house  of  worship. 
The  philosopher  told  the  '  enthusiast'  to  call  on  every- 
body ;  he  did  so,  and  built  the  church."  In  1753,  Mr. 
Tennent,  at  the  request  of  the  Trustees  of  ]N"ew  Jersey 
College,  went  to  England  to  solicit  funds  for  that  in- 
stitution. After  a  life  of  great  usefulness,  he  died,  in 
much  peace,  about  the  year  1765. 

As  a  preacher,  few  equalled  Mr.  Tennent  in  his 
vigorous  days.  His  reasoning  powers  were  strong,  his 
expression  nervous  and  often  sublime,  his  style  flowery 
and  diftusive,  his  manner  of  address  warm  and  pathetic, 
such  as  must  convince  his  audience  that  he  was  in 
earnest,  and  his  voice  clear  and  commanding.  In  a 
word,  all  things  conspired  to   make  him  a  judicious, 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  157 

zealous,  popular,  and  pungent  preacher.  With  ad- 
mirable dexterity  he  detected  the  bold  presumer,  dis- 
covered the  vanity  of  his  confidence,  and  exposed  the 
formal  hypocrite  to  his  own  view. 

Mr.  Tennent  took  an  active  part  both  in  dividing  and 
uniting  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Whitefield  and 
he  were  connected  in  their  views  and  labors.  The  limits 
and  the  preaching  of  Whitefield  were  strictly  Calvinis- 
tic,  but  he  indulged  a  severity  in  speaking  of  those  who 
he  supposed  departed  from  the  spirit  of  evangelical 
truth,  as  well  as  an  impetuosity  in  his  general  conduct, 
in  early  life,  which,  with  a  candor  that  did  him  the 
highest  honor,  he  afterwards  both  condemned  and  re- 
formed. This  too  was  precisely  the  system  and  char- 
acter of  Mr.  Tennent.  The  union  of  two  such  ardent 
spirits  was  calculated  to  urge  them  further  than  either 
would  otherwise  have  gone.  The  evil  was  greatly  aug- 
mented by  the  opposition  which  they  had  both  met 
with.  Whitefield  was  so  coldly  or  so  harshly  treated  by 
a  great  part  of  his  own  church,  that  he  more  readily  asso- 
ciated with  other  denominations  of  Christians  and  par- 
ticularly with  the  Presbyterians.  They,  at  this  time 
and  especially  in  this  country,  were  strictly  Calvinistic 
in  their  creed,  but  there  were  many,  both  among  the 
clergy  and  the  laity,  who,  there  was  too  much  reason 
to  believe,  were  little  better  than  mere  formalists  in 
religion.     All  these,  without  exception,  were  violently 


158  PRESBYTERY 

opposed  to  Whitefield  and  to  Teunent,  who  supported 
him,  and  they  in  their  zeal  probably  represented  a 
number  of  prudent  and  pious  men,  who  only  wished  to 
moderate  their  vehemence,  as  possessing  no  better  char- 
acter than  those  who  at  heart  were  enemies  to  the 
truth.  The  consequence  of  all  this  was  that  in  a  short 
time  the  Synod  of  Philadelphia  was  split  into  two 
parts,  each  of  which  erected  itself  into  a  separate  Synod, 
and  for  several  years  treated  each  other  with  great 
severity  and  censoriousness.  After  some  time,  however, 
good  men  on  both  sides  became  sensible  of  the  error 
they  had  committed,  and  especially  Mr.  Tennent,  as  he 
had  been  principally  concerned  in  promoting  the  sepa- 
ration, now  labored  with  the  greatest  zeal  and  industry 
to  heal  the  breach.  His  longest  and  most  elaborate 
publication,  entitled,  "  The  Peace  of  Jeriisalem^^  was 
upon  this  subject.  ISTor  did  he  labor  without  success. 
The  Synods  were  again  happily  united  in  the  year 
1758,  and  both  parties  having  profited  by  the  contro- 
versy, the  Church  at  large  was  probably  preserved  in 
greater  purity,  peace,  and  order  than  if  no  alienation 
had  ever  taken  place.  The  whole  transaction  served 
strongly  to  mark  and  illustrate  the  character  of  Mr. 
Tennent,  in  whom  an  ardent  love  to  what  he  conceived 
to  be  the  truth,  always  triumphed  over  every  other  con- 
cern, over  all  considerations,  of  a  merely  personal 
kind.     He  was  the  head  of  his  party  both  in  receding 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  159 

and  advancing,  and  he  was  prepared  to  do  either,  with- 
out fear  or  hesitation,  just  as  he  thought  the  interests 
of  truth  and  piety  required. 

Mr.  Tennent's  congregation,  who  were  much  devoted 
to  him,  placed  a  monumental  stone  over  his  grave  in 
the  broad  aisle  of  his  church,  which  his  friend  Dr. 
Finley  inscribed  with  an  epitaph  in  classic  Latin. 

The  publications  of  Mr.  Tennent  were  numerous. 
The  earliest  seems  to  have  been  a  sermon  preached  in 
]^ew  York  in  March,  1734;  in  1735,  "A  Solemn 
Warning  to  a  Secure  World  from  the  God  of  terrible 
majesty,  or,  the  Presumptuous  Sinner  detected,  his 
Pleas  considered,  and  his  Doom  displayed,"  to  which  is 
added  the  life  of  his  brother,  the  Rev.  John  Tennent ; 
"The  ]!^ecessity  of  Religious  Violence  to  Durable 
Happiness,"  preached  at  Perth  Amboy,  June  29,  1735, 
two  sermons  on  the  nature  and  necessity  of  sincere 
sanctification,  contrition,  and  an  acceptable  appreciation 
of  a  suffering  Saviour,  preached  at  'New  Brunswick  in 
July  and  August,  1736.  A  volume  of  his  sacramental 
discourses  was  printed  in  Boston,  in  1739  ;  his  sermon 
on  an  "  Unconverted  Ministry,"  in  1740 ;  on  the 
"  Priestly  Office  of  Christ,"  preached  at  New  Bruns- 
w^ick,  in  1741 ;  on  the  death  of  Captain  Grant  in  1756  ; 
on  "Public  Fasting,"  in  1749;  on  "  Religious  Zeal," 
in  1750  ;  on  the  "  Duty  of  being  Quiet,"  and  at  the 
opening   of  the   Synod,  in   1759.     He  was  struck   by 


160  PRESBYTERY 

lightning,  and  the  eagerness  of  some  to  proclaim  it  as  a 
judgment  led  him  to  preach^  sermon  and  print  it  on 
the  "  Righteousness  of  the  Scribes,"  in  1740;  his  Mora- 
vian Sermons,  in  1742  ;  "  The  Examiner  Examined,"  in 
1743 ;  on  a  thanksgiving,  and  on  another  public  occasion, 
and  a  third  on  Admiral  Matthews'  victory,  in  1744 ; 
on  the  success  of  the  expedition  against  Louisburg,  in 
1745.  He  published,  in  1746,  a  volume  of  twenty- 
three  sermons  on  important  subjects,  embracing  "Man's 
Chief  End,"  "  The  Divine  Authority  of  the  Scriptures," 
"  The  Divine  Attributes,"  and  "  The  Trinity." 

Samuel  Blair,  D.D.,  was  a  son  of  Rev.  Samuel 
Blair,  of  Fagg's  Manor,  Pennsylvania.  After  gradu- 
ating at  the  College  of  [N'ew  Jersey  with  honor,  in 
1760,  he  acted  as  tutor  in  the  college  from  1761  to 
1764.  In  1764,  he  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of 
!N'ew  Castle.  In  1766,  he  was  ordained,  and  installed 
pastor  of  the  Old  South  Church  in  Boston.  He  re- 
mained in  this  position  only  a  year,  his  health  giving 
way.  After  leaving  Boston  he  retired  to  Germantown, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  The  estimation  in  which  Mr.  Blair  was  held  may 
be  judged  by  the  fact,  that  when  Dr.  Witherspoon  de- 
clined the  first  invitation  to  Princeton,  the  Trustees 
elected  Mr.  Blair  President  of  the  College,  although 
not  over  twenty-six   years  of  age.      Hearing  that  a 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  161 

change  had  taken  place  in  Dr.  Witherspoon's  feelings, 
Mr.  Blair,  with  remarkable  self-sacrifice,  declined  the 
appointment.  Mr.  Blair  was  of  medium  size,  of  fair 
and  raddj  complexion,  and  decidedly  a  fine-looking 
man.  The  University  of  Pennsylvania  honored  him 
with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  in  1790.  He 
died  in  1818.  Dr.  Blair  was  a  man  of  polished  man- 
ners, a  superior  scholar,  a  well-read  theologian  and  an 
eloquent  pulpit  orator.  He  published  two  sermons, 
one  of  which  was  occasioned  by  the  death  of  the  Rev. 
Dr.  John  Blair  Smith. 

Eev.  Charles  Beatty  was  born  in  County  Antrim, 
Ireland,  between  1712  and  1715.  His  father  died  while 
he  was  a  child.  He  came  to  Philadelphia  in  the  care 
of  his  uncle,  Charles  Clinton,  in  1729.  He  had  received 
a  classical  education  in  Ireland  to  some  extent.  Peach- 
ing manhood  he  engaged  in  trade,  travelling,  as  was 
common  in  those  days,  on  foot  or  with  his  pack-horse. 
Stopping  at  the  Log  College,*  he  amused  himself  by 
surprising  Mr.  Tennent  and  his  pupils  with  a  proflTer 
in  Latin  of  his  merchandise.  Mr.  Tennent  replied  in 
Latin,  and  the  conversation  went  on  in  the  same  lan- 
guage, with  such  evidence  of  scholarship,  religious 
knowledge,  and  fervent  piety,  that  Mr.  Tennent  urged 

*  Appendix  X. 


162  PRESBYTERY 

him  to  sell  what  he  had,  and  prepare  for  the  ministry. 
This  he  consented  to  do. 

Mr.  Beatty  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Phila- 
delphia, October  13,  1742 ;  was  called  to  the  Forks  of 
Xeshaminy  May  26,  1743,  and  was  ordained  December 
14th.  The  Synod  sent  him  to  Virginia  and  North 
Carolina  in  1754,  and  he  accompanied  Franklin  when 
he,  with  five  hundred  men,  came  up  to  defend  the  fron- 
tier, after  the  burning  of  the  Moravian  missionaries  at 
Gnadenhuetten,  near  Lehighton.  The  corporation  for 
the  Widows'  Fund  sent  him  to  Great  Britain,  in  1760, 
to  collect  money  for  its  treasury.  In  1766  the  Synod 
appointed  him  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Duffield,  of  Carlisle, 
missionaries  to  the  frontiers  of  the  province  for  two 
months,  and  in  fulfilling  this  appointment,  the  former 
passed  along  the  Juniata,  and  the  latter  went  through 
Path  Valley,  Fannet,  and  the  Cove.  The  Delaware 
town  on  the  Muskingum,  one  hundred  and  thirty  miles 
beyond  Fort  Pitt,  was  visited  by  them,  and  they  found 
a  cheering  prospect  of  a  door  opening  for  the  spread  of 
the  Gospel  among  the  Indians.  To  relieve  the  College 
of  IN'ew  Jersey,  Mr.  Beatty  sailed  for  the  West  Indies, 
but  died,  August  13,  1772,  soon  after  reaching  Bridge- 
town, in  Barbadoes. 

John  Ewing,  D.D.  The  parents  of  Mr.  Ewing  were 
early  emigrants  from  Ireland,  and  settled  in  Maryland. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  163 

After  graduating  at  the  College  of  New  Jersey  in  1754, 
he  remained  three  years  as  tutor  in  the  college.  At  the 
age  of  twenty-six  he  was  employed  as  instructor  of  the 
Philosophical  classes  in  the  University  of  Pennsylva- 
nia during  the  absence  of  Dr.  Smith,  the  provost,  in 
Europe.  In  1758  Mr.  Ewing  became  pastor  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  in  Philadelphia.  In  1773 
he  visited  Europe,  but  at  the  opening  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, in  1775,  he  returned  to  this  country,  notwith- 
standing the  most  tempting  offers  which  were  made 
to  induce  him  to  remain  in  England.  During  his  visit 
he  received  the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity 
from  Edinburgh.  While  abroad  he  visited  Dr.  Samuel 
Johnson,  nobly  defending  the  cause  of  his  country 
which  was  violently  assailed.  After  liberally  applying 
the  terms  "  rebels"  and  "  scoundrels"  to  the  people  of 
America,  Johnson  turned  rudely  to  Dr.  Ewing,  de- 
manding :  "  What  do  you  know  in  America  ?  You 
never  read,  you  have  no  books  there."  "  Pardon  me, 
sir,"  said  Dr.  Ewing,  "  we  have  read  the  Rambler,''^ 
The  graceful  blending  of  retort  and  compliment  paci- 
fied the  savage  essayist,  and  till  midnight  he  sat  with 
Dr.  Ewing  in  amiable  and  genial  conversation.  In  1779 
Dr.  Ewing  was  appointed  Provost  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania.  He  was  one  of  the  most  remarkable 
scholars  of  his  day.  In  classical  learning  and  natural 
science  he  stood  without  a  rival.     In  the  pulpit  he  was 


164  PRESBYTERY 

eminently  popular  among  the  more  cultivated.  lie  died 
September  8,  1802.  Dr.  Ewing  published  Part  of  a 
Sermon  on  the  Death  of  Dr.  Alison.  A  Sermon  on  the 
Death  of  George  Bryan,  1791.  The  Design  of  Christ 
Coming  into  the  World,  in  the  "American  Preacher," 
Vol.  11. ;  and  several  communications  in  the  Transac- 
tions of  the  American  Philosophical  Society.  His  Lec- 
tures on  I^atural  Philosophy  were  published  in  1809. 

James  Latta,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Ireland  in  the 
Winter  of  1732.  His  parents  migrated  to  this  country 
when  he  was  about  six  or  seven  years  of  age.  He 
graduated  at  the  College  of  Philadelphia  (now  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania),  at  the  first  Commence- 
ment of  this  Institution,  and  as  a  proof  of  his  high 
standing  there,  had  assigned  to  him,  on  that  occasion, 
the  Salutatory  Oration  in  Latin.  He  was  tutor  in  the 
college  for  a  few  years,  during  which  he  studied  the- 
ology under  the  Provost,  Rev.  Dr.  Francis  Alison,  and 
was  licensed  to  preach  the  gospel,  February  15, 1758, 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia.  He  was  ordained 
by  the  same  Presbytery  in  October,  1759,  and,  by 
direction  of  Synod,  spent  some  time  in  a  mission  to  the 
then  destitute  settlements  of  Virginia  and  Carolina. 

Mr.  Latta  was  installed  pastor  of  the  congregation 
of  Deep  Run,  in  Bucks  County,  Pa.,  in  1761,  the 
charge  of  which  he  resigned  in  1770.     In  IN'ovember, 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  165 

1771,  he  became  pastor  of  the  church  of  Chestnut 
Level,  in  Lancaster  County,  Pa.  In  connection  with 
this  pastorate,  and  to  aid  in  his  support,  he  established 
a  school,  which  was  acquiring  celebrity  when  its  pro- 
gress was  arrested  by  the  breaking  out  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary War.  Subsequently,  he  took  charge  of  a  school 
in  the  bounds  of  the  congregation  for  a  few  years,  and 
in  it  several  distinguished  men  were  educated.  So 
deep  was  his  interest  in  the  cause  of  American  liberty, 
that  once,  in  the  course  of  the  war,  when  an  unusual 
number  of  his  people  were  drafted  to  serve  in  the 
militia,  with  a  view  to  encourage  them,  he  took  his 
blanket  and  knapsack,  like  a  soldier,  and  actually  ac- 
companied them  on  their  campaign.  At  another  time 
he  served  for  a  while  in  the  army  as  a  Chaplain. 

Dr.  Latta  labored  on  in  the  ministry  until  very  near 
the  close  of  his  life.  He  died  January  29, 1801.  As  a 
teacher,  he  was  remarkably  well  qualified.  As  a  scholar, 
he  had  few  equals,  his  erudition  was  general  and  pro- 
found. As  a  man,  he  was  truly  amiable  and  upright. 
As  a  Christian  and  minister,  he  was  exemplary  to  a  re- 
markable degree.  As  a  preacher,  he  maintained  a  high 
rank.  His  naturally  strong  and  penetrating  mind  was 
well  furnished  by  reading  and  study,  his  style  of  writ- 
ing was  accurate  and  vigorous,  and  his  manner  in  the 
pulpit  was  grave  and  impressive.  For  upwards  of  forty 
years  he  labored  faithfully  in  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord. 


1G6  PRESBYTERY 

Rev.  John  Brainerd  was  a  native  of  East  Haclclam, 
Conn.,  and  was  the  brother  of  David  Brainerd.  lie 
graduated  at  Yale  in  1746,  and,  his  brother's  health 
failing,  he  was  appointed  by  the  Correspondents  of  the 
Scottish  Society  to  take  his  place  as  a  niissionar}^  among 
the  Indians.  He  came  to  Elizabethtown,  N.  J.,  and, 
having  been  examined  by  ^ew  York  Presbytery  on  the 
13th,  he  went  the  next  day  to  the  Indians  at  Cranbnry. 
He  was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia 
early  in  1748. 

Mr.  Brainerd  travelled  to  the  Forks  of  Delaware  and 
to  Wyoming  several  times,  to  induce  the  Indians  to 
leave  their  unsettled  life  and  dwell  near  him.  J^um- 
bers  came,  from  time  to  time,  but  he  succeeded  in 
doing  little  more  than  civilizing  them.  In  1751  he 
had  some  special  success,  and  in  October,  1752,  he  had 
forty  families  near  him,  and  thirty-seven  communicants. 
There  were  fifty  children  in  the  school.  In  the  same 
year,  with  only  one  attendant,  he  spent  a  fortnight  on 
the  Susquehanna.  Their  horses  were  stolen,  the  guide 
was  too  lame  to  go  on  foot,  and  they  remained  three 
days  where  there  was  no  house.  That  year,  also,  the 
General  Court  of  Connecticut,  on  the  petition  of  the 
Correspondents,  granted  a  brief  for  a  general  collection 
to  aid  him  in  his  school. 

In  1755  Mr.  Brainerd  retired  from  the  Society's 
service  as  a  missionarv,  and  in  1757  took  charore  of  the 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  167 

congregation  in  Xewark.  Here  he  remained  but  a  little 
while,  for,  in  1759,  he  resumed  his  mission  among  the 
poor  Indians. 

Mr.  Brainerd  resided  for  some  time  at  Mount  Holly. 
He  had  a  meeting-house  there,  which  was  burned  by 
the  British  in  the  Eevolutionary  War.  Seven  other 
places  were  regularly  and  frequently  visited  by  him. 
The  Synod,  in  1767,  granted  him  twenty  pounds,  be- 
sides his  salary,  for  "  his  extraordinary  services  in 
forming  societies  and  laboring  among  the  white  people 
in  that  large  and  uncultivated  country."  The  grant  was 
renewed  the  next  year,  for  his  extensive  services  and 
labor  in  those  uncultivated  parts.  From  1760  to  1770 
he  received  from  the  congregations  between  Egg  Har- 
bor and  Manahawkin  fifty-nine  pounds,  nineteen  shil- 
lings, though  he  had  preached  to  them  five  hundred 
times.  He  continued  to  supply  these  numerous  vacan- 
cies, and  the  annual  allowance  of  twenty  pounds  was 
promised  by  the  Synod  for  that  service.  In  1773  it 
was  increased  to  twenty-five  pounds.  The  next  year  he 
gave  an  account  of  his  labors  and  prospects  of  success, 
and  the  interest  of  the  Indian  Fund  was  reserved  for  him. 
In  1777  he  removed  to  Deerfield,  and  preached  there 
till  his  death,  March  18,  1781.  His  remains  repose 
beneath  the  floor  of  the  Deerfield  Church.  The  Rev. 
Dr.  Field,  who  was  for  many  years  minister  of  the 
congregation  in  which  Mr.  Brainerd's  parents  resided, 


168  PRESBYTERY 

says:  "The  tradition  in  Haddam  is  that  he  was  as 
pious  a  man  as  his  brother  David,  but  not  equal  to  him 
in  ability." 

Dr.  James  Sproat  was  born  at  Scituate,  Massachu- 
setts, April  11,  1722.  He  graduated  at  Yale  College. 
Being  converted  under  a  sermon  of  Gilbert  Tennent, 
he  resolved  to  enter  the  ministry.  His  first  pastoral 
charge  was  the  Congregational  Church  at  Guilford, 
Connecticut,  where  he  remained  for  twenty-five  years. 
On  the  decease  of  Gilbert  Tennent  he  was  called  to  suc- 
ceed him  in  the  Second  Church  of  Philadelphia  at  the 
close  of  the  year  1768.  Here  he  remained  till  his  death, 
October  18, 1793,  in  the  seventy-second  year  of  his  age. 
He  fell  a  victim  to  the  yellow  fever,  which  was  then 
desolating  Philadelphia,  and  he  would  not  desert  his 
post.  Dr.  Sproat  was  a  ripe  scholar,  a  well-read  divine, 
and  an  amiable  man.  He  was  highly  esteemed  in  the 
judicatories  of  the  church  as  a  w^eighty  counselor,  and 
his  name  is  found  on  the  most  important  committees. 
His  only  publication  was  a  "Sermon  on  the  Death  of 
Whitefield."  He  was  the  last  clergyman  who  appeared 
in  public  with  cocked  hat  and  wig.  (Sprague's  "An- 
nals," III.  125.) 

George  Duffield,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  gradu- 
ated at  the  College  of  New  Jersey  in  1752,  and  acted 
as  tutor  in  the  college  from  1754  to  1756.     He  was 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  169 

licensed  to  preach  by  the  Presbytery  of  N'ew  Castle, 
March  11,1756,  and  in  1759  he  was  settled  over  a  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  Carlisle,  Pennsylvania.  In  1766, 
by  order  of  the  Synod,  in  company  with  Eev.  Charles 
Beatty,  he  made  a  missionary  tour  through  Pennsylva- 
nia, Maryland,  and  Virginia.  Soon  after  his  return  he 
was  called  to  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church  in  Phila- 
delphia. Dr.  Duffield  was  a  strong  Whig,  and  was  at 
one  time,  in  connection  with  Bishop  White,  Chaplain 
of  the  Continental  Congress.  During  the  dark  and 
almost  hopeless  period  of  the  Revolution  he  acted  as 
Chaplain  in  the  retreat  of  the  army  through  ^ew  Jersey, 
and  was  at  the  battle  of  Princeton.  He  remained  pastor 
of  the  Third  Church  in  Philadelphia  until  the  day  of 
his  death,  February  2,  1790.  The  honorary  degree  ot 
Doctor  of  Divinity  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Yale  in 
1785.  Dr.  Duffield  was  an  eminently  devoted  Christian 
and  a  most  faithful  minister.  He  took  an  active  part 
in  the  organization  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  after 
the  Revolution,  and  was  the  first  Stated  Clerk  of  the 
General  Assembly.  He  was  for  thirty  years  a  Trustee 
of  the  College  of  ^ew  Jersey.  Dr.  Duffield  published 
an  account  of  his  tour  with  Dr.  Beatty,  and  a  Thanks- 
giving Sermon  on  the  Restoration  of  Peace,  1783. 

Rev.  ISTathaniel  Irwin  was  born  at  Fagg's  Manor, 
Chester  County,  Pennsylvania,  October  17,  1756.     He 
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170  PRESBYTERY 

graduated  at  Princeton  in  1770,  along  with  James  (af- 
terward President)  Madison.  lie  was  ordained  over 
Neshaminy  Church,  November  3,  1774,  and  continued 
there  till  his  death  March  3,  1812,  in  the  fifty-sixth 
year  of  his  age  and  thirty-ninth  of  his  pastorate.  A 
shrewd  knowledge  of  human  nature  and  an  uncommon 
business  tact  fitted  him  to  exert  a  great  influence  in  the 
church  courts ;  as  a  proof  of  which,  he  was  Clerk  of  the 
old  Synod,  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  in  1801, 
and  the  next  year  Permanent  Clerk  till  1807.  Though 
his  manners  in  private  were  stiff  and  unbending,  he  w^as 
forcible  and  pathetic  in  the  pulpit.  He  was  fond  of 
music,  and  was  a  proficient  on  that  unclerical  instru- 
ment, the  violin.  He  was  of  a  scientific  turn,  and  was 
John  Fitch's  first  patron.  He  also  took  a  lively  in- 
terest in  local  politics,  and  laid  himself  open  to  ani- 
madversion on  account  of  it.  For  several  years  he 
held  the  ofiice  of  register  and  recorder  of  Bucks  County. 
He  had  a  powerful  voice  and  a  long  head,  both  physi- 
cally and  intellectually.  His  name  is  the  first  in  the 
list  of  Moderators  without  a  title. 

Mr.  Irwin's  remains  were  deposited,  as  he  desired,  at 
the  spot  in  the  burying-ground  over  which  the  pulpit 
in  the  original  church  of  ITeshaminy  once  stood,  and 
on  a  horizontal  marble  tablet  over  his  grave  is  the  fol- 
lowing inscription : — 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  171 

Rev.  Nathanael  Irwin. 

Died  March  3d,  1812. 

Aged  65  years,  4  months,  15  days. 

To  this  sad  tomb,  whoe'er  thou  art,  draw  near, 
Here  lies  a  friend  to  truth  of  soul  sincere. 

Of  manners  unaffected,  and  of  mind 

Enlarged,  he  wished  the  good  of  all  mankind  ; 

Calmly  he  looked  on  either  life,  for  here 

His  peace  was  made,  and  nothing  left  to  fear. 

Rev.  Nathan  Grier  was  born  in  Bucks  County,  Pa., 
September,  1760.  He  graduated  at  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  in  1783,  studied  theology  under  the  di- 
rection of  his  elder  brother,  the  Rev.  James  Grier, 
of  Deep  Run,  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Presbytery 
of  Philadelphia  in  1786,  and  in  the  same  year  accepted 
a  call  from  the  Forks  of  Brandywine,  Chester  County, 
Pa.,  and  was  installed  as  their  pastor  in  1787,  in  which 
relation  he  continued  until  the  end  of  his  life. 

Mr.  Grier  was  an  able  and  faithful  minister.  His 
judgment  was  sound  and  discriminating,  and  his  talents 
as  a  preacher  eminently  popular.  He  spoke  as  one  who 
believed  and  felt  the  force  of  divine  truth,  and  the 
weight  of  ministerial  responsibility.  In  all  his  rela- 
tions as  a  pastor,  a  citizen,  an  ecclesiastic,  and  a  man, 
he  was  earnest  in  his  endeavors  to  know  what  was 
right,  and  inflexibly  firm  in  his  adherence  to  it.     As 


172  PRESBYTERY 

the  Presbyterian  Church  in  America  had  not  then  pro- 
vided theological  seminaries,  and  students  in  theology 
availed  tliemselves  of  the  libraries  and  instructions  of 
the  pastors  of  churches,  as  they  had  opportunity,  the 
estimation  in  which  Mr.  Grier  was  held  as  a  pious,  able, 
and  successful  minister  of  the  gospel,  induced  many  to 
avail  themselves  of  his  direction  and  aid.  Twenty- 
seven  years  he  served  the  congregation  of  the  Forks  of 
Brandywine  with  fidelity  and  success,  until,  having 
finished  the  work  w^hich  w^as  assigned  him,  he  was 
summoned  from  his  labors  on  earth  to  a  glorious  re- 
ward in  heaven,    He  died  March  81,  1814. 

Egbert  Cathcart,  D.D.,  was  born  l^ovember,  1759, 
near  Coleraine,  Ireland.  He  w^as  educated  in  the  Col- 
lege of  Glasgov^^,  and  after  being  licensed  preached 
several  years  without  a  fixed  charge,  till  1790,  when  he 
emigrated  to  the  United  States,  and  was  received  into 
the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia.  Declining  other  over- 
tures, he  was  settled  October,  1793,  over  the  united 
churches  of  York  and  Hopewell,  Pa.,  fifteen  miles 
apart,  which  he  served  on  alternate  Sundays.  When 
the  infirmities  of  age  told  on  him,  he  relinquished  the 
Hopew^ell  Church,  commonly  known  as  the  York 
Barrens.  In  1839  he  was  forced  to  resign  the  York 
Church  also,  after  a  pastoral  connection  of  forty-six 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  173 

years.  He  expired  suddenly,  October  19,  1849,  at  the 
^  advanced  age  of  ninety  years. 

Dr.  Cathcart  was  an  instructive,  doctrinal  preacher, 
fond  of  expository  preaching  as  well  as  of  lecturing  on 
the  Catechism.  After  preaching  Sunday  morning  in 
the  Barrens,  he  has  been  known  to  ride  home  and 
deliver  in  York  one  of  his  interesting  lectures  on  the 
Shorter  Catechism.  He  paid  great  attention  to  ex- 
amining his  flock  in  the  Barrens  (both  young  and  old) 
on  the  Catechism.  He  was  regarded  as  a  well-read 
theologian,  and  kept  abreast  with  the  knowledge  of  the 
times.  He  was  especially  remarkable  for  his  clock- 
work punctuality,  whether  as  trustee  of  Dickinson 
College,  as  member  of  the  Synod  of  Philadelphia,  or  in 
attendance  on  the  General  Assembly.  He  never  missed 
a  meeting  of  the  Synod  but  once,  and  that  was  occa- 
sioned by  sickness.  For  twenty  years  he  served  as  one 
of  the  clerks  of  the  Assembly.  He  was  so  constant  in 
his  attendance,  whether  a  commissioner  or  not,  that 
Dr.  Green  once  called  him  the  standing  representative 
of  his  Presbytery. 

Although  Dr.  Cathcart  was  consulted  by  other  au- 
thors, he  never  gave  anything  to  the  press  but  one 
sermon,  which  was  a  tribute  to  the  memory  of  his 
friend  Dr.  Davidson,  of  Carlisle. 

AsHBEL  Green,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  was  born  at  Hanover, 
Morris  County,  IS".  J.,  a  son  of  the  pastor,  Rev.  Jacob 


174  PRESBYTERY 

Green.  In  1778,  at  the  age  of  sixteen,  he  was  teacher 
of  a  school,  but  dismissed  it  and  entered  the  army.  He 
was  promoted,  young  as  he  was,  to  be  orderly  sergeant 
in  the  militia.  Becoming  infected  with  skepticism, 
he  was  cured  of  it  by  the  study  of  the  Kew  Testament, 
lie  entered  the  junior  class  half  advanced,  and  gradu- 
ated at  Xassau  Hall,  in  1783,  with  the  highest  honors. 
Mr.  Green  held  the  office  of  tutor  in  the  college  for 
two  years,  and  was  then  appointed  to  the  Chair  of 
Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy,  which  he  retained 
for  a  year  and  a  half.  In  February,  1786,  he  was 
licensed  to  preach  by  the  Presbytery  of  IS'ew  Bruns- 
wick. In  May,  1787,  he  was  settled  as  colleague  of 
Rev.  Dr.  Sproat,  in  Philadelphia,  and  the  same  year 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  American  Philosophical 
Society.  In  1792  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  con- 
ferred upon  him  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity,  and 
the  same  year  he  was  elected  Chaplain  to  Congress,  and 
was  re-elected  by  every  successive  Congress  till  the 
removal  to  Washington.  Dr.  Green  was  one  of  the 
chief  instruments  in  founding  the  Theological  Seminary 
at  Princeton.  In  August,  1812,  he  was  elected  Presi- 
dent of  the  College,  and  in  the  same  year  received  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  the  University  of  E^orth 
Carolina.  Dr.  Green  occupied  the  Presidential  Chair 
until  1822,  when,  on  account  of  increasing  infirmity,  he 
resigned.     He  immediately  took  up  his   residence  in 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  175 

Philadelphia,  and  became  the  editor  of  the  Christian 
Advocate^  a  monthly  religious  magazine.  The  work 
was  continued  through  twelve  volumes,  in  which  the 
editor  displayed  the  fertility  of  his  active,  w^ell-dis- 
ciplined  mind,  the  extent  of  his  learning,  the  acuteness  of 
his  critical  powers,  and  his  devotion  to  the  interests  of 
the  kingdom  of  Christ.  In  1824  Dr.  Green  was  elected 
Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly.  In  1846  the  Old 
School  Assembly  met  in  Philadelphia,  and  the  venerable 
man  was  led  in.  The  whole  Assembly  rose  to  do  him 
honor,  and  the  Moderator,  Dr.  Hodge,  welcomed  him, 
to  w^hich  Dr.  Green  responded.  He  was  conducted  to  a 
chair  placed  for  him  under  the  pulpit,  but  was  able  to 
remain  only  a  short  time.  The  last  regular  sermon 
preached  by  him  was  in  the  African  Church  at  Prince- 
ton, July  16,  1843,  in  his  eighty-second  year.  On  the 
14th  of  May,  1848,  he  was  found  dead  in  the  posture  of 
prayer.  Dr.  Green  in  person  w^as  of  a  medium  height, 
but  portly,  having  features  well  formed,  a  florid  com- 
plexion, enlivened  with  dark  brilliant  eyes.  His  in- 
tellectual powers  were  of  a  high  order.  He  was  cha- 
racterized by  much  firmness  and  decision.  His  long 
experience  and  active  habits  gave  him  great  weight  in 
the  councils  of  the  Church.  Scarce  an  important 
action  was  taken  in  which  he  had  not  a  share.  He  was 
identified  wath  the  history  of  the  Church  from  the  be- 
ginning.    He  could  appropriately  apply  to  himself  the 


176  PRESBYTERY 

words,  '■'' quorum  'pars  magna  fui."  lie  rejoiced  to 
preach  the  gospel,  and  his  discourses  were  uniformly 
written.  Dr.  Carnahan  said  of  him  :  "  He  was  hy 
his  talents  fitted  to  fill  any  station,  and  by  his  eloquence 
to  adorn  the  walls  of  our  ^N'ational  Legislature."  Dr. 
Janeway  regarded  him  as  "the  first  preacher  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church."  Dr.  Green's  printed  works, 
comprising  an  Autobigraphy,  and  "Lectures  on  the 
Shorter  Catechism,"  fill  several  volumes. 

John  Blair  Smith  was  the  fourth  son  of  Dr.  Robert 
Smith,  of  Pequea,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  born  June  12, 
1756.  He  graduated  under  Dr.  Witherspoon  at  eigh- 
teen. He  received  license  from  Hanover  Presbytery, 
June  18,  1777.  He  w^as  ordained  by  the  same  body 
October  26, 1779.  At  the  early  age  of  twenty-three  he 
succeeded  his  brother,  Samuel  Stanhope  Smith,  as  Presi- 
dent of  Hampden-Sidney  College  and  pastor  of  the  Bri- 
ery Church.  During  the  revival  which  swept  through 
Virginia  in  1786  and  1787,  Mr.  Smith  entered  into  the 
work  with  such  glowing  zeal,  and  his  preaching  was  so 
eloquent  and  powerful,  that  his  services  were  in  con- 
stant demand  at  places  remote  from  his  residence.  In 
1789  he  resigned  his  office  in  order  to  give  himself  up 
wholly  to  preaching.  In  1791  he  became  pastor  of 
the  Pine  Street  Church  in  Philadelphia,  and  in  1795 
he  was  elected  the  first  President  of  Union  College, 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  177 

;N"ew  York,  but  after  presiding  over  that  infant  institu- 
tion for  three  years,  he  returned  to  his  former  charge 
in  Philadelphia,  and  was  installed  in  1799.  He  died  of 
yellow  fever  in  Philadelphia,  August  22,  1799.  In 
1798  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  was  conferred 
upon  him  by  Hampden-Sidney  and  Union  Colleges.  Dr. 
Smith  was  one  of  the  most  eminent  divines  and  power- 
ful preachers  of  the  day.  Like  others  of  his  compa- 
triots, he  showed  his  faith  by  his  works,  and  marched 
at  the  head  of  his  students  and  other  youths  of  his  con- 
gregation in  pursuit  of  the  enemy  in  the  lower  parts  of 
Virginia.  He  exerted  also  a  great  influence  in  opposi- 
tion to  Patrick  Henry  in  preventing  the  unequal  taxa- 
tion and  assessment  of  the  Presbyterian  Churches  in 
Virginia.  His  only  acknowledged  publication  was  a 
sermon  entitled :  "  The  Enlargement  of  Christ's  King- 
dom, the  Object  of  a  Christian's  Prayers  and  Exertions," 
delivered  in  the  Dutch  Church,  Albany,  before  the 
!N"orthern  Missionary  Society  of  ^ew  York,  1797.  Dr. 
Smith  was  the  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  in 
1798. 

William  Latta,  D.D.,  was  the  second  son  of  the 
Eev.  James  Latta,  D.D.,  of  Chesnut  Level,  Lancaster 
County,  Pa.  He  was  born  in  Bucks  County,  Pa.,  in 
May,  1769.  He  graduated  at  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  taught  for  some  time  in  that  institution. 


178  PRESBYTERY 

He  studied  theology  with  his  father,  in  connection  with 
two  of  his  brothers.  lie  was  licensed  by  the  Presby- 
tery of  Philadelphia,  and  in  1798  he  was  ordained  and 
installed,  by  the  same  Presbytery,  over  the  Great  Valley 
Presbyterian  Church,  Chester  County,  Pa.  In  this 
church  he  continued  until  his  death,  wdiich  occurred  in 
February,  1847,  thus  ministering  to  the  same  people  for 
well  nigh  half  a  century. 

Dr.  Latta  was  an  exemplary  Christian,  an  able 
preacher,  and  a  faithful  pastor.  He  was  a  close  stu- 
dent, and  seldom  entered  his  pulpit  without  thorough 
preparation.  On  all  occasions  he  zealously  and  fear- 
lessly declared  the  w^hole  counsel  of  God.  He  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Prince- 
ton, and  acted  for  many  years,  with  great  fidelity,  as  a 
director  of  that  institution.  He  was  justly  held  in  high 
esteem  by  his  brethren  in  the  ministry,  and  during  the 
troublous  times  in  the  church,  which  resulted  in  its 
separation,  he  was  selected  by  his  Presbytery  for  several 
consecutive  years  as  one  of  its  commissioners  to  the 
General  Assembly.  Dr.  Latta's  death  was  one  of  pecu- 
liar privilege.  Like  that  of  the  devoted  Payson,  it  was 
eminently  triumphant.  It  was  literally  a  translation 
from  "glory  to  glory."  A  memorial  sermon  of  him 
was  preached  by  the  Rev.  John  McDowell,  D.D.,  and 
subsequently  published. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  179 

Jacob  J.  Janeway,  D.D.,  was  bom  in  Il^ew  York, 
[N'overaber  20,  1774.  He  graduated  at  Columbia  Col- 
lege iu  1794,  and  studied  theology  with  the  celebrated 
Dutch  divine,  Dr.  Livingston.  He  was  ordained  col- 
league of  Dr.  Green,  in  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church, 
Philadelphia,  in  1799.  For  thirteen  years  they  worked 
together  in  unbroken  harmony.  When  Dr.  Green  was 
made  President  of  the  College  of  ]^ew  Jersey,  Dr. 
Skinner  was  chosen  colleague  to  Dr.  Janeway.  In 
1816,  Dr.  Skinner,  with  fifty  of  the  members,  parted, 
to  build  up  a  new  enterprise,  the  Arch  Street  Church. 
In  1818,  Dr.  Janeway  was  elected  Moderator  of  the 
General  Assembly.  In  1828  he  accepted  a  professor- 
ship in  the  new  Theological  Seminary  at  Allegheny, 
Pa.,  but  relinquished  it  in  a  year,  in  consequence  of 
property  difficulties.  In  1830  he  was  installed  over 
the  First  Dutch  Reformed  Church,  in  ^ew  Brunswick, 
X.  J.,  which  position  he  held  only  two  years,  on 
account  of  ill  health.  In  1833  he  was  appointed  Vice- 
President  of  Rutgers  College.  This  post  he  resigned 
on  reuniting  with  the  Presbyterian  Church.  From  this 
time  forward  he  took  no  heavier  burdens  on  himself 
than  serving  in  the  Boards  of  the  Church  and  of 
Princeton  Seminary,  and  also  as  Trustee  of  Nassau 
Hall.  In  the  discharge  of  these  duties  he  was  un- 
surpassed for  assiduity  and  punctuality.  His  death 
occurred  June  27, 1858,  in  the  eighty-fourth  year  of 


180  PRESBYTERY 

his  age.  As  a  preacher,  Dr.  Jaiieway  was  didactic  and 
metliodical,  avoiding  the  flowery  paths  of  rhetoric. 
On  all  public  occasions,  he  acquitted  himself  creditably. 
Ilis  figure  was  portly  and  his  countenance  benevolent. 
He  was  singularly  self-poised  and  unimpassioned. 
When  the  tornado  of  1837  blew  his  chimneys  down 
and  twisted  his  old  elms,  he  merely  said  to  the  assem- 
bled crowd,  in  his  usual  imperturbable  manner,  "  This 
has  been  a  considerable  blow." 

James  P.  Wilson,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Lewes,  Del. 
He  graduated  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  in 
1788.  He  acted,  for  some  time,  as  Surveyor-General 
for  the  State  of  Delaware.  He  was  admitted  to  practice 
at  the  Bar.  The  unexpected  death  of  his  wife,  and  the 
assassination  of  his  brother  before  his  eyes,  made  such 
an  impression  of  the  importance  of  eternal  things  that 
be  quitted  the  law  for  the  pulpit.  He  was  ordained 
pastor  of  the  Lewes  Church,  as  successor  of  his  father, 
in  1804.  In  1806  he  accepted  a  call  from  the  First 
Church  in  Philadelphia.  In  May,  1828,  he  retired  to 
his  farm,  a  little  south  of  the  village  of  Harts ville, 
Bucks  County,  about  twenty  miles  from  the  city,  on 
account  of  the  infirm  state  of  his  health,  preaching, 
nevertheless,  to  his  congregation  as  often  as  his  health 
permitted.     For  some  years  before  his  death  his  in- 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  181 

firinities  com2:^elled  him  to  preach  sitting  on  a  high 
chair  in  the  pulpit.  His  resignation  of  his  pastoral 
charge  was  accepted  in  the  Spring  of  1830. 

Dr.  Wilson  was  characterized  by  a  few  ecceiitricities, 
but  they  were  overlooked,  or  only  excited  a  smile,  in 
view  of  his  sterling  worth.  As  a  preacher,  he  was  per- 
fectly deliberate  and  unimpassioned,  handling  the  most 
abstruse  subjects  in  a  masterly  manner,  speaking  for  an 
hour  without  the  least  assistance  from  notes,  yet  draw- 
ing on  the  stores  of  a  memory  replete  with  recondite 
learning,  especially  of  the  Greek  and  Latin  Fathers. 
He  was  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  learned  divines  of 
the  day.  He  was  of  a  tall  and  lank  figure,  and  pallid, 
from  a  habit  of  blood-letting.  His  published  works 
consisted  of  "  Occasional  Sermons,"  a  "  Hebrew  Gram- 
mar without  Points,"  "  Lectures  on  the  Xew  Testa- 
ment," an  edition  of  Ridgley's  "  Body  of  Divinity, 
with  [N'otes,"  treatises  on  Church  government,  on  which 
subject  he  held  some  peculiar  notions,  etc.  Dr.  Wil- 
son's remains  are  buried  in  a  spot  selected  by  himself, 
in  the  graveyard  of  IN'eshaminy  Church,  near  the  tomb 
of  the  celebrated  William  Tennent,  the  founder  of  the 
"  Log  College."  On  his  monument  is  the  following 
inscription: — 


182  PRESBYTERY 

Jamks  p.  Wilsox,  D.D. 

Born  February  21,  1769.     Died  December  9,  1830. 

Placida  hie  pace  quiesco,  Jacobus  P.  Wilson,  per 
annos  bis  septem  composui  lites,  sacra  exinde  dog- 
mata tractans.  Quid  sum  et  fui,  jam  noscis, 
viator.  Quid,  die  suprema,  vi  debis.  Brevi  quid 
ipse  futurus,  nunc  pectore  versa.  Natus,  1769. 
Obiit,  1830. 

For  the  benefit  of  the  reader  who  is  not  familiar  with 
the  Latin  language,  this  may  be  translated  thus: — 

"  Here  I,  James  P.  Wilson,  rest  in  calm  peace.  Dur- 
ing fourteen  years  I  practised  law,  thenceforward 
treating  of  sacred  themes,  ^ow,  traveller,  you  know 
what  I  am  and  have  been.  What  I  am  about  to  be, 
on  the  last  day  you  w^ill  see.  ISTow  dwell,  in  your  mind, 
on  what  you  yourself  will  be  in  a  short  time." 

Rev.  Joseph  Eastburn  was  a  preacher  to  seamen  in 
Philadelphia.  He  died  January  30, 1828,  aged  seventy- 
nine.  Many  thousands  attended  his  funeral.  At  the 
grave  Dr.  Green  delivered  an  address.  When  Mr.  East- 
burn  began  to  preach  to  seamen,  about  1820,  "  we 
procured,"  he  said  "a  sail  loft,  and  on  the  Sabbath 
hung  out  a  flag.  As  the  sailors  came  by,  they  hailed 
us,  •  Ship  ahoy  !'  We  answered  them.  They  asked  us, 
'  Where  we  w^ere  bound  V  We  told  them, '  to  the  port 
iN'ew  Jerusalem,  and  they  would  do  well  to  go  into  the 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  183 

fleet  ? '  '  Well/  said  they,  '  we  will  come  in  and  hear 
your  terms.'  "  This  was  the  beginning  of  the  Mariners' 
Church.  Mr.  Eastburn  was  eminently  pious,  devoted 
to  the  salvation  of  seamen,  and  extensively  useful. 

Archibald  Alexander,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  was  born  near 
Lexington,  Virginia,  April  17, 1772.  His  classical  and 
theological  studies  were  pursued  under  the  direction  of 
the  Rev.  William  Graham,  of  Liberty  Hall,  afterwards 
Washington  College.  He  was  licensed  at  the  early  age 
of  nineteen,  and  on  expressing  his  diffidence.  Presbytery 
assigned  him  for  a  text :  "  Say  not  I  am  a  child"  (Jer. 
i.  7).  After  spending  a  year  or  more  in  missionary 
labor,  according  to  the  rules  of  the  Synod,  he  was  or- 
dained and  installed  pastor  of  Briery  Church,  November 
7, 1794.  In  1796  he  was  chosen  President  of  Hampden- 
Sidney  College,  at  the  age  of  twenty-four.  May  20, 
1807,  he  was  installed  over  Pine  Street  Church,  Phila- 
delphia. In  the  same  year,  being  thirty-five,  he  was 
elected  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly,  and  in  his 
sermon  made  the  suggestion  of  a  Theological  Seminary. 
In  1812  he  was  appointed  Professor  in  the  Theological 
Seminary  just  established  at  Princeton.  Here  he  re- 
mained for  the  rest  of  his  life,  moulding,  during  forty 
years,  the  studies  and  characters  of  two  generations  of 
ministers.  His  name  was  widely  known  in  other  lands, 
as  well  as  our  own. 


184  PRESBYTERY 

Dr.  Alexander  died  October  22,  1851.  Ilis  precious 
remains  were  deposited  in  the  cemetery  at  Princeton, 
in  the  presence  of  a  group  such  as  had  seldom  been 
gathered  in  one  spot  in  any  part  of  our  land.  There 
were  the  Students  and  Faculty  of  the  College  of  Xew 
Jersey,  and  those  of  the  Theological  Seminary,  the 
entire  Synod  of  Xew  Jersey,  and  many  members  of  the 
Synods  of  New  York  and  Philadelphia,  besides  a  crowd 
of  other  spectators,  a  numerous  company  of  God's  min- 
isters and  people,  all  feeling  that  a  great  man  in  Israel 
had  fallen. 

As  a  preacher.  Dr.  Alexander  was  equalled  by  few 
and  surpassed  by  none.  There  was  a  charm  in  his 
ministrations  that  no  one  who  ever  heard  him  can  for- 
get. His  unique  and  inimitable  manner,  so  simple,  so 
vivacious,  so  earnest,  was  sure  to  rivet  the  attention. 
His  discourses  were  replete  with  instruction  drawn 
fresh  from  the  fountain  of  wisdom.  He  had  the  rare 
faculty  of  making  didactic  and  familiar  topics  interest- 
ing, even  to  persons  of  no  religion,  for  his  sermons 
partook  of  the  vitality  and  freshness  of  his  mind,  which 
was  like  a  perennial  fountain  sending  off  its  sparkling 
waters.  He  also  possessed  the  capacity  of  exciting  re- 
ligious emotion  in  a  most  remarkable  degree.  He  could 
set  forth  the  gospel  in  its  adaptation  to  the  endlessly 
diversified  states  of  human  feeling  with  a  skill  and 
effect  truly  wonderful.     And  the  facility  with  which 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  185 

he  conld  awaken  emotions  of  gratitude,  praise,  contri- 
tion, joy,  and  the  like,  gave  him  a  rare  control  over 
any  Christian  auditory.  Another  element  of  his  power 
in  the  pulpit  was  his  earnest  sympathy  with  his  kind. 
He  never  sank  the  man  in  the  philosopher,  nor  the 
citizen  and  patriot  in  the  divine.  His  sterling  common- 
sense  formed  a  bond  of  union  between  himself  and  his 
fellow-men,  w^hich  neither  his  scholastic  pursuits  nor  his 
high  spiritual  attainments  ever  weakened  or  tarnished, 
but,  above  all,  his  eminent  piety  was  the  source  of  his 
great  power  as  a  preacher,  and  in  all  the  spheres  he 
occupied,  it  was  to  his  character  what  the  soul  is  to  the 
body — the  pervading,  life-giving,  governing  principle, 
and  it  would  be  difficult  to  speak  of  him  in  any  of  his 
relations  or  pursuits  without  recognizing  the  fact  of  his 
singular  attainments  in  holiness.  It  was  his  rare  for- 
tune to  maintain  an  unsullied  reputation  for  superior 
piety,  wisdom,  benevolence,  and  consistency,  through- 
out a  ministry  of  nearly  sixty  years. 

Dr.  Alexander's  published  writings  are  too  numerous 
to  recite  here.  We  may  oidy  mention  "  History  of  the 
Colonization  Society,"  "Evidences  of  the  Christian 
Eeligion,"  "  Thoughts  on  Religion,"  "  Counsels  to  the 
Aged,"  "  Practical  Sermons,"  all  of  which  are  of  much 
interest  and  value.  He  also  published  numerous  tracts, 
and  was  a  frequent  contributor  to  the  Princeton  Be- 
view, 

13 


186  PRESBYTERY 

Thomas  H.  Skinner,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  was  born  near 
llarvej's  Neck,  Korth  Carolina,  graduated  at  the  Col- 
lege of  I^ew  Jersey  in  1809,  was  licensed  to  preach  the 
gospel  at  Morristown,  N.  J.,  December  16,  1812,  and 
ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  the  Second  Presbyte- 
rian Church  in  Philadelphia,  as  colleague  to  Dr.  Jane- 
way,  on  June  10,  1813.  He  was  pastor  of  the  Fifth 
Presbyterian  Church,  Philadelphia,  from  1816  to  1832, 
when  he  became  Professor  of  Sacred  Rhetoric  in  An- 
dover  Theological  Seminary.  From  1835  to  1848  he 
was  pastor  of  the  Mercer  Street  Presbyterian  Church 
in  Xew  York  City,  and  in  1848  he  was  appointed  Pro- 
fessor of  Sacred  Rhetoric,  Pastoral  Theology  and 
Church  Government  in  the  Union  Theological  Semi- 
nary, New  York,  which  position  he  retained  and 
adorned  to  the  close  of  his  life.  He  received  the  de- 
gree of  D.D.  from  Williams  College  in  1826,  and 
LL.D.  from  the  College  at  Marietta,  0.,  in  1855.  He 
died  February  1,  1871,  in  the  eightieth  year  of  his  age. 

Dr.  Skinner,  whilst  highly  esteemed  as  a  man  of 
literary  culture  and  mental  power,  commanded  in  a 
peculiar  degree  the  love  of  those  with  whom  he  came 
in  contact.  His  artless  simplicity,  his  courtesy,  his 
piety  and  unworldliness,  distinguished  him  even  among 
good  men,  and  strongly  attracted  the  affections  of  those 
with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  He  was  a  prominent 
leader  of  the  New  School  party  in  the  Church,  but  re- 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  187 

joicecl  in  the  reunion.  As  a  preacher  his  style  bore 
marks  of  culture  and  polish,  not  elaborate  or  artificial, 
but  natural  and  easy.  The  sword  of  the  Spirit  was  not 
so  Avrapt  up  in  the  flowers  of  rhetoric  as  to  hide  its 
point.  On  the  contrary,  his  ministry  was  accompanied 
by  numerous  and  powerful  revivals.  He  was  regarded 
as  one  of  the  best  sermonizers  in  America.  As  a  pro- 
fessor he  was  as  much  at  home  in  the  teacher's  chair 
as  he  was  in  the  pulpit.  His  students  both  respected 
and  loved  him. 

Dr.  Skinner's  published  works  are:  1.  Religion  of 
the  Bible ;  2.  Aids  to  Preaching  and  Hearing ;  3.  Re- 
ligious Liberty  ;  4.  Hints  to  Christians ;  5.  Thoughts 
on  Evangelizing  the  World ;  6.  Religious  Life  of 
Francis  Markoe;  7.  Vinet's  Pastoral  Theology  and 
Homiletics,  w^hich  he  translated  and  edited  with  ;N"otes ; 
8.  Discussions  in  Theology  ;  and  numerous  discourses. 

Rev.  James  Patterson  was  born  March  17,  1779,  in 
Bucks  County,  Pa.  He  struggled  through  poverty  and 
diflaculty  to  acquire  an  education,  and  graduated  at 
Jefferson  College  in  1804,  at  the  age  of  twenty-five. 
After  acting  some  time  in  Princeton  as  a  tutor,  he  was 
settled  as  pastor  of  Bound  Brook  Church,  N.  J.,  June, 
1809.  January  11,  1814,  he  was  installed  over  the 
First  Church,  ^N'orthern  Liberties,  on  Buttonwood 
Street,  Philadelphia,  where  he  continued  till  his  death. 


188  PRESBYTERY 

November  17, 1837,  aged  fifty-nine.  Here  his  ministry 
was  astonishingly  successful  and  attended  with  nume- 
rous revivals.  In  the  twenty-three  years  of  his  pastorate 
there  were  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  ninety  ad- 
ditions to  the  communion. 

Tall  and  prophet-like,  a  John  Baptist  in  severe  de- 
nunciation, the  thunders  of  the  law  lost  nothing  in  his 
hands.  Rough  and  uncouth  in  his  manner,  he  was 
suited  to  his  location.  He  resorted  to  odd  methods  to 
attract  people  to  church  by  placards  and  advertise- 
ments. He  was  well  read,  but  no  logician.  Plain, 
pointed,  unadorned,  quaint,  filled  with  a  burning  and 
indefatigable  zeal,  Father  Patterson  was  the  preacher 
of  the  masses. 

Erza  Styles  Ely,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Lebanon,  Conn., 
June  13,  1786.  He  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1803, 
pursued  his  theological  studies  under  the  direction  of 
his  father,  Rev.  Zebulon  Ely,  was  licensed  in  1804,  and 
ordained  by  West  Chester  Presbytery  pastor  of  Col- 
chester (Congregational)  Church,  Conn.,  in  1806.  He 
was  taken  from  this  charge  to  act  as  Chaplain  to  the 
iS'ew  York  City  Hospital.  In  1813  he  was  installed 
pastor  of  the  Pine  Street  Church,  Philadelphia,  as  suc- 
cessor of  Dr.  Alexander,  removed  to  Princeton,  but  his 
strong  anti-Hopkinsian  tenets  led  to  the  division  of  the 
Church.     His  activity  in  all  schemes  of  charity  and 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  189 

benevolence  was  boundless.  Jefferson  Medical  College 
owes  its  existence,  in  a  great  measure,  to  him,  as  one  of 
its  Trustees,  for,  in  its  pecuniary  straits,  he  bought  the 
lot  and  erected  the  building  where  the  institution  now 
stands.  From  1825  until  1836  he  was  Stated  Clerk  of 
the  General  Assembly.  In  1828  he  was  chosen  Mode- 
rator of  the  General  Assembly. 

In  1834  his  enthusiasm  led  him  to  embark  as  an 
active  patron  of  Marion  College,  in  Missouri.  It  was 
started  as  a  manual  labor  college,  and  the  products  of 
the  land  belonging  to  the  institution  were  expected  to 
defray  all  expenses.  A  large  number  of  students  was 
collected,  but,  finally,  the  scheme  failed  of  success.  In 
1844  Dr.  Ely  took  charge  of  the  Church  of  the  :N'orthern 
Liberties,  Philadelphia.  He  retained  this  post  till 
struck  down  by  paralysis,  August,  1851.  His  death 
occurred  June  18,  1861. 

Dr.  Ely  was  of  a  mercurial  temperament,  which  was 
never  completely  overcome,  in  or  out  of  the  pulpit. 
No  one  went  to  sleep  under  his  preaching.  It  has  been 
estimated  that  he  was  the  means  of  the  conversion  of 
two  thousand  two  hundred  persons.  He  was  a  generous 
and  open-hearted  man.  There  is  good  reason  for  be- 
lieving that  his  benefactions  during  his  lifetime 
amounted  to  nearly  $50,000. 

His  published  works  were,  "  Visits  of  Mercy,"  "  The 
Contrast,"  "  Collateral  Bible,"  Memorial  of  his  father, 


190  PRESBYTERY 

and  the  religious  weekly,  The  Phlladclphian.  He  wrote, 
also,  a  "History  of  the  Churches  of  Philadelphia," 
which  is  in  manuscript,  and  unpublished. 

Thomas  Charlton  Henry,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Phila- 
delphia, September  22, 1790.  He  graduated  at  Middle- 
bury  College,  with  high  honors,  in  1814.  Having 
finished  his  theological  course  at  Princeton,  he  was 
licensed  to  preach  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia, 
April  17, 1816,  but  in  October  following  was  dismissed 
to  join  the  Presbytery  of  l!^ew  Castle,  by  which  he 
was  subsequently  ordained.  For  two  successive  years 
he  performed  gratuitously  the  work  of  a  missionary. 
Several  months  of  this  period  were  passed  at  Lexington, 
Ky.,  where  he  had  great  popularity  as  a  preacher.  In 
^November,  1818,  he  was  installed  pastor  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Columbia,  S.  C.  In  January, 
1824,  he  became  pastor  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Charleston,  S.  C.,and  labored  in  this  connec- 
tion during  the  rest  of  his  life.  In  1827  the  yellow 
fever  prevailed  extensively  in  Charleston,  and  Dr. 
Henry,  feeling  that  it  was  his  duty  to  remain  with  his 
flock  as  long  as  Providence  might  enable  him  to  do  so, 
was  attacked  with  the  disease.  From  the  beginning  of 
his  sickness  he  manifested  unqualified  submission  to  the 
Divine  will,  and  he  conversed  with  his  friends  in  the 
most  comforting  and  even  rapturous  manner,  testifying 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  191 

to  the  power  of  his  Redeemer's  love  and  grace,  till  he 
had  reached  the  very  end  of  the  dark  valley.  He  died 
October  4,  1827. 

From  the  time  of  his  first  appearance  in  the  pulpit 
Dr.  Henry  took  rank  among  the  most  popular  preachers 
of  the  day.  Besides  having  a  finished  elocution  his 
discourses  were  written  with  great  care,  and  were  rich 
in  evangelical,  practical  truth,  expressed  in  a  style  of 
more  than  common  force  and  beauty.  It  was  evident 
to  all  that  his  ruling  passion  was  to  do  good,  and  espe- 
cially to  be  instrumental  in  saving  the  souls  of  his 
fellow-men,  a  work  in  which  he  was  greatly  encouraged 
by  the  blessing  of  God  upon  his  labors  in  Charleston. 
In  addition  to  several  sermons,  he  published  a  little 
volume  on  "  Popular  Amusements."  His  "  Letters  to 
an  Anxious  Inquirer,"  which  possess  great  value,  were 
passing  through  the  press  at  the  time  of  his  decease. 

William  ]N'eill,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Western  Pennsyl- 
vania in  1778,  amid  the  hardships  of  frontier  life,  both 
his  parents  being  massacred  by  the  Indians.  He 
graduated  at  I^assau  Hall  in  1803.  He  was  ordained 
over  the  church  in  Cooperstown,  ^.  Y.,  in  1805.  In 
1809  he  was  called  to  the  First  Church  of  Albany,  in 
1816  to  the  Sixth  Church  of  Philadelphia,  the  seceding 
portion  from  Dr.  Ely'a  Church.  In  1815  he  was  chosen 
Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly.     In  1824  he  was 


102  PRESBYTERY 

made  President  of  Dickinson  College,  Carlisle,  Pa. 
That  position  did  not  prove  a  bed  of  roses,  and  he 
became,  in  1829,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Education. 
In  1831  he  took  charge  of  the  Germantown  Church, 
and  raised  it  to  a  flourishing  condition.  In  1842  he 
retired  from  all  active  labors.  In  1860  he  departed 
this  life  aged  eighty-two  years. 

Dr.  ISTeill  was  tall,  dignified,  and  very  courteous  in 
manner.  As  a  writer,  his  style  was  perspicuous,  and 
even  elegant.  Dr.  D.  X.  Junkin  styled  him  "  the 
venerable  and  lovely  Dr.  William  is'eill."  His  piety 
was  of  a  high  order.  As  a  college  functionary,  he 
was  conscientious  and  faithful,  and  won  the  respect  of 
the  students.  Besides  occasional  discourses,  he  pub- 
lished an  exposition  of  the  Epistle  to  the  Ephesians. 

Charles  Hodge,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  was  born  December 
28,  1797,  in  Philadelphia,  where  his  grandfather,  a 
merchant  of  Scotch-Ii-ish  descent,  had  settled  in  1730. 
His  father  was  Dr.  Hugh  Hodge,  a  physician  of  great 
promise  and  large  practice,  who  died  at  the  early  age  of 
forty-three,  leaving  a  widow  and  two  sons.  To  the 
influence  of  his  mother,  a  lady  of  rare  excellence  and 
endowments,  both  the  distinguished  brothers  were 
greatly  indebted  for  the  mental  and  moral  culture  to 
which  they  owed,  under  God,  much  of  their  fame  and 
usefulness. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  193 

The  subject  of  this  notice  passed  his  early  life  in  his 
native  city.  At  twelve  years  of  age  he  commenced  his 
classical  studies  at  the  academy  in  Somerville,  E".  J., 
and  afterwards  pursued  them  at  a  school  in  Princeton. 
He  entered  the  Sophomore  Class  of  IN'assau  Hall  in 
1812,  the  year  when  Dr.  Ashbel  Grreen  became  Presi- 
dent, and  immediately  took  a  high  standing,  and  on 
graduating  delivered  the  valedictory  oration.  During 
a  memorable  revival  in  the  college  in  1815,  he,  Avith 
many  others  (among  them  Mcllvaine  and  Johns,  after- 
wards Bishops  of  the  Episcopal  Dioceses  of  Ohio  and 
Virginia),  made  a  profession  of  religion.  The  next 
year  the  three  friends,  Hodge,  McHvaine,  and  Johns, 
entered  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  and  the 
affectionate  intimacy  then  begun  and  confirmed,  con- 
tinued until  their  death.  Mr.  Hodge  was  licensed  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  October  21,  1819,  and 
during  the  winter  of  1819-20  preached  regularly  at  the 
Falls  of  Schuylkill,  the  Philadelphia  Arsenal,  and 
Woodbury,  ]^.  J.  In  May,  1820,  he  was  appointed 
Assistant  Instructor  in  the  Original  Languages  of 
Scripture,  in  Princeton  Seminary,  which  position  he 
held  until  1822.  He  became  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
tery of  IN'ew  Brunswick,  July  5,  1820,  and  continued 
as  such  all  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Under  appoint- 
ment of  Presbytery  in  1820,  he  supplied  the  churches 
of   Georgetown  and   Lambertville  for  a  season,  and 


194  PRESBYTERY 

Lambcrtville  and  Trenton,  First  Church  (now  Ewing 
Church)  during  parts  of  the  years  1820-23.  He  was 
ordained  sine  titulo  at  Trenton,  November  28, 1821. 

Dr.  Hodge's  connection  with  the  Seminary  continued 
to  the  end  of  his  life.  In  May,  1822,  he  was  elected 
by  the  General  Assembly  to  the  Professorship  of 
Oriental  and  Biblical  Literature ;  in  May,  1840,  to  that 
of  Exegetical  and  Didactic  Theology,  and  after  1854 
was  added  to  these  Polemic  Theology.  In  1846  he 
was  elected  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly.  In 
1825  he  commenced  the  Biblical  Repertory.  The  same 
year  he  went  to  Europe,  and  spent  three  years  in  the 
Universities  of  Paris,  Halle,  and  Berlin.  During  his 
absence  the  Repertory  was  under  the  direction  of  Pro- 
fessor Robert  Patton,  then  connected  with  the  College 
of  IN'ew  Jersey.  In  1829  the  name  of  the  work  was 
changed  to  The  Biblical  Repertory  and  Princeton  Review^ 
and  its  scope  was  greatly  widened.  It  soon  became  a 
mighty  power  in  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  con- 
tinued such  until  the  close  of  its  editor's  life. 

Dr.  Hodge  died  June  19,  1878,  in  his  eighty-first 
year,  with  all  his  family  around  him,  as  the  setting  sun 
glorifying  the  lower  heavens,  with  the  peaceful  bright- 
ness of  his  faith  and  love.  As  a  Christian  Dr.  Hodge 
was  of  the  type  of  John.  He  was  reverent,  tender, 
joyous,  full  of  faith  and  hope  and  love.  As  a  teacher 
he  had  great  power.     As  a  preacher  he  was  insti-uctive 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  195 

and  edifying.  As  a  controversialist,  for  forty-five  years 
he  was  characterized  by  entire  fairness,  great  force,  and 
absokite  fidelity  to  truth  as  he  conceived  it.  Yet, 
though  firm  and  decided  in  his  views,  and  always  ready 
to  defend  them,  he  was  devoid  of  all  personal  animosities. 
By  universal  asrreement  he  was  one  of  the  brio-h test  and 
best  ornaments  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

Among  Dr.  Hodge's  published  works  are,  "  Com- 
mentary on  the  Epistle  to  the  Romans,"  "  Constitutional 
History  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United 
States,"  "  Way  of  Life,"  "  Commentary  on  Ephesians," 
on  "  First  Corinthians,"  on  "  Second  Corinthians," 
"  Systematic  Theology,"  all  of  which  are  masterly 
works,  and  have  had  a  very  large  circulation.  In  addi- 
tion to  all  this,  he  contributed  upwards  of  one  hundred 
and  thirty  articles  to  the  Princeioii  Review^  many  of 
which,  besides  exerting  a  powerful  influence  at  the 
time  of  their  publication,  have  since  been  gathered  into 
volumes,  and  as  "  Princeton  Essays,"  "  Hodge's  Essays," 
and  "  Hodge's  Discussions  in  Church  Polity,"  have 
taken  a  permanent  place  in  our  theological  literature. 
His  "  Conference  Papers,  or  Analyses  of  Discourses, 
Doctrinal,  and  Practical,  Delivered  on  Sabbath  After- 
noons to  the  Students  of  the  Theological  Seminary, 
Princeton,  jST.  J.,"  have  been  published  since  his 
decease. 


196  PRESBYTERY 

William  M.  Engles,  D.D.,  was  bom  in  riiiladelpliia, 
October  12,  1797.  He  graduated  at  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  in  1815,  studied  theology  with  Dr.  S.  B. 
Wylie,  and  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Phila- 
delphia, October  18, 1818.  July  6, 1820,  he  was  ordained 
pastor  of  the  Seventh  or  Tabernacle  Church,  in 
Ranstead  Court,  afterwards  famous  as  the  scene  of  the 
disruption.  Here  his  ministry  was  faithful  and 
successful,  but  in  1834  he  was  obliged  to  resign  on 
account  of  a  diseased  throat.  From  the  pulpit  he 
stepped  into  the  editorial  chair,  succeeding  Dr.  James 
W.  Alexander  as  editor  of  the  '^ Pirsbyteriaii"  in  which 
post  he  continued  for  thirty-three  years.  Under  his 
supervision  the  paper  attained  an  increased  circulation, 
and  a  high  reputation  as  the  leading  organ  of  the  Old 
School  party.  In  May,  1838,  he  was  appointed  editor 
of  the  Board  of  Publication,  which  post  he  held  for 
twenty-five  years.  In  1840  he  was  chosen  Moderator 
of  the  General  Assembly,  Old  School,  and  then  filled 
the  office  of  Stated  Clerk  for  six  years.  His  death 
occurred  ;N"ovember  27, 1867. 

Dr.  Engles  owed  his  reputation  more  to  his  pen  than 
to  his  pulpit  efforts.  He  was  too  quiet  and  didactic  to 
be  a  popular  preacher.  But  to  say  nothing  of  his 
editorial  success,  to  him  the  Board  of  Publication  was 
more  indebted  than  to  any  other  individual,  according 
to  its  own  acknowledgment.     He  took  an  active  part 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  197 

in  its  inception  and  progress.  He  not  only  rescued 
from  oblivion  various  valuable  works,  in  danger  of 
becoming  obsolete,  but  added  to  the  Board's  issues  a 
number  of  treatises  from  his  own  prolific  pen.  As 
these  were  published  anonymously  they  cannot  here  be 
specified.  Mention,  however,  may  be  made  of  the  little 
volume  entitled,  "  Sick  Room  Devotions,"  which  has 
proved  of  inestimable  service,  and  "The  Soldier's 
Pocket  Book,"  of  which  three  hundred  thousand  copies 
were  circulated  during  the  war. 

David  McKinney,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Mifflin  County, 
Pa.,  October  22, 1795,  graduated  at  Jeflferson  College 
in  1821,  and  was  a  student  at  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  over  two  years.  Licensed  by  the  Presbytery 
of  Philadelphia,  April  22,  1824,  he  was  installed  pastor 
of  the  church  at  Erie,  Pa.,  April  13,  1825,  where  he 
labored  successfully  until  he  was  released  from  that 
charge  January  1,  1828.  Subsequently  he  removed  to 
Meadville,  Pa.,  where  he  taught  in  Meadville  Academy, 
and  was  a  Professor  in  Allegheny  College  from  October, 
1828,  to  October,  1830.  He  was  pastor  of  the  churches 
of  Sinking  Creek  and  Spring  Creek ;  Presbytery  of 
Huntingdon,  1834-41,  and  of  the  Church  at  Hollidays- 
burg.  Pa.,  1841-52. 

In  1852  he  became  founder  and  editor  of  The  Presby- 
terian Banner^  located  in   Philadelphia.     In  1855  he 


198  PRESBYTERY 

removed  with  his  paper  to  Pittsburgh,  purchased  the 
Presbyterian  Advocate  and  merged  the  Banner  into  it. 
In  February,  1864,  he  sold  the  Banner,  and  until  1868 
edited  The  Family  Treasure  (afterwards  called  Our 
Monthly)^  a  popular  monthly  magazine.  From  1866  to 
1869  he  was  a  co-editor  and  proprietor  of  The  North- 
western Presbyterian,  published  in  Chicago.  At  the 
same  time,  in  1866,  he  was  appointed  Librarian  and 
Treasurer  of  the  Board  of  Colportage  of  the  Synod  of 
Pittsburgh  and  Allegheny,  a  position  he  held  until 
1874,  and  a  part  of  which,  the  treasurership,  he  held 
until  his  decease.  He  died  May  28,  1879,  in  the  firm 
and  blessed  hope  of  the  gospel.  Dr.  McKinney  was  a 
man  of  decided  ability,  a  sound  theologian,  an  effective 
preacher,  a  faithful  and  laborious  pastor,  a  proficient  in 
all  ecclesiastical  affairs,  and  of  admirable  business  quali- 
fications. He  was  a  clear  thinker,  a  ready  debater,  a 
vigorous  writer,  in  action  bold,  earnest,  and  especially 
persistent,  a  faithful  defender,  an  honest  and  loving 
servant  of  the  Church  of  Christ,  a  Presbyterian  from 
deep  and  firm  conviction  of  its  Scriptural  doctrines  and 
polity.  He  was  both  a  Director  and  Trustee  of  the 
Western  Theological  Seminary  at  Allegheny,  and 
devoted  much  time  and  labor  to  its  interests. 

Joseph  H.  Jones,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Coventry,  Conn., 
August  24,  1797.     He  graduated  at  Harvard  Univer- 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  199 

sit  J  in  1817.  For  a  time  he  was  employed  as  Tutor  in 
Bowdoin  College,  Maine.  He  completed  his  theologi- 
cal studies  at  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  was 
licensed  as  a  probationer,  September  19,  1822,  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Susquehanna,  and  was,  by  the  same 
Presbytery,  ordained  as  an  Evangelist,  April  29,  1824. 
On  June  1, 1824,  he  began  his  labors  in  the  Presbyterian 
Church  at  Woodbury,  ]^.  J.,  and  was  shortly  installed 
as  pastor.  Here  he  labored  with  very  great  success. 
At  the  same  time  he  supplied  the  feeble  church  at 
Blackwoodtown,  which  shared  the  blessing  enjoyed  by 
that  of  Woodbury.  In  1825  he  was  installed  pastor  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  at  New  Brunswick,  JST.  J. 
Here  he  remained  thirteen  years,  proving  himself  to  be 
"  a  workman  that  needeth  not  to  be  ashamed."  His 
ministry  was  honored  of  God  by  at  least  three  seasons 
of  religious  awakening.  In  1838  he  became  pastor  of 
the  Sixth  Church,  Philadelphia,  and  continued  so  for 
twenty-three  years,  his  efforts  being  crowned  with  a 
manifest  blessing.  From  1861  to  1868  he  was  Secretary 
of  the  Relief  Fund  for  Disabled  Ministers,  in  which 
capacity  he  did  a  noble  w^ork,  for  which  he  deserves 
the  lasting  gratitude  of  the  Church.  He  died  suddenly, 
as  it  were  with  the  harness  on,  December  22, 1868. 

Dr.  Jones  was  an  exemplary  Christian,  an  instructive 
preacher,  a  faithful  pastor,  an  interesting  writer,  and  a 
gentleman  of  great  urbanity  of  manner  and  suavity  of 


200  PRESBYTERY 

disposition.  Of  his  principal  work,  "The  Effects  of 
Physical  Causes  on  Christian  Experience,"  Dr.  J.  W. 
Alexander  wrote,  "It  is  a  valuable  and  entertaining 
book."  He  also  published  a  memoir  of  the  Rev. 
Ashbel  Green,  D.D.,  a  history  of  the  revival  at  Xew 
Brunswick,  in  1837,  and  several  sermons. 

William  S.  Potts,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Northumber- 
land County,  Pa.,  Oct.  13,  1802.  At  sixteen  he  was 
sent  to  Philadelphia  to  learn  the  printer's  trade.  He 
worked  at  this  some  three  3^ears,  during  which  time  he 
became  a  professor  of  religion  and  determined  to  enter 
the  gospel  ministry.  For  this  purpose  he  began  his 
preparatory  studies  in  1822,  under  the  superintendence 
of  Rev.  Dr.  Ezra  Stiles  Ely.  He  entered  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary,  1825.  Leaving  the  Seminary 
in  1827,  on  account  of  impaired  health,  he  was  imme- 
diately licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  and 
took  a  mission  to  the  South,  with  instruction  to  make 
his  way  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Travelling  on  horseback, 
with  all  his  worldly  possessions  in  his  saddle-bags,  he 
passed  through  parts  of  Maryland,  Virginia,  the  Caro- 
linas,  Georgia,  Tennessee,  Kentuck}^  and  Illinois,  till 
May  14, 1828,  w^hen  he  reached  St.  Louis.  That  was 
then  a  town  of  less  than  5000^  people,  probably  four- 
fifths  of  whom  were  of  French  extraction  and  Roman 
Catholic  faith.     There,  however,  he  found  a  small  Pres- 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  201 

byterian  Church,  which  had  been  organized  by  Hev. 
Salmon  Giddings  ten  years  before,  with  only  nine  mem- 
bers, and  he  immediately  began  his  ministerial  work  in 
St.  Louis  in  connection  with  that  church,  of  which  he 
was  installed  pastor  in  October,  1828.  In  1832  ^a  power- 
ful revival,  lasting  for  months,  visited  his  charge,  re- 
sulting in  the  addition  to  it  of  128  members.  In  1835 
he  became  President  of  Marion  College,  Mo.,  which 
post  he  held  till  the  Summer  of  1839,  when  he  received 
and  accepted  a  call  to  the  pastorate  of  the  Second  Pres- 
byterian Church  of  St.  Louis,  then  a  new  enterprise 
with  about  sixty  members,  but  which  before  his  death, 
thirteen  years  afterward,  became  a  large  and  powerful 
body. 

Dr.  Potts  was  not  what  men  would  call  great  in  in- 
tellect, but  his  clear,  cool,  logical,  and  well-balanced 
mind  dealt  masterfully  with  whatever  came  before  it, 
and  almost  invariably  led  him  to  wise  and  just  conclu- 
sions. But  he  was  truly  great  in  his  unlimited  conse- 
cration of  all  he  had  and  all  he  was  to  the  service  of 
God.  He  was  not  a  great  preacher,  but  his  holy  life 
preached  the  gospel  with  steady  and  growing  power. 
His  preparations  for  the  pulpit  were  conscientiously 
and  prayerfully  made,  with  the  single  and  absorbing 
desire  to  win  souls  to  Christ  and  build  up  the  spiritual 
character  of  believers.  His  discourses  were  never  bril- 
liant, but  they  frequently  blazed  with  earnestness. 
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202  PRESBYTERY 

Though  no  orator,  he  was  often  eloquent.  His  con- 
stant prayer  was  for  more  of  the  Holy  Spirit's  presence 
and  power  in  himself  and  his  people.  In  the  Winters 
of  1842-43  and  1848-49,  his  church  was  powerfully 
revived  and  largely  increased  in  numbers.  In  such 
seasons  his  whole  soul  was  aroused,  and  he  showed 
extraordinary  wisdom,  energy,  and  skill  in  managing 
his  church.  He  was  eminently  a  man  of  prayer.  Fear- 
less, uncompromising,  and  unswerving  devotion  to  duty 
was  a  great  characteristic  of  his  life  in  all  his  relations. 
Always  calm,  self-possessed,  and  dignified,  he  never 
diminished  his  power  with  men  by  exhibitions  of 
temper,  weakness,  or  arrogancy.  His  influence  in  St. 
Louis  and  throughout  Missouri  grew  in  potency  to  the 
end  of  his  life.  In  the  midst  of  a  series  of  special 
meetings  of  his  church,  seeking  an  outpouring  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  his  frail  body  gave  way,  and  after  pro- 
tracted confinement  to  his  bed,  he  went  to  be  with 
Jesus,  on  the  morning  of  Sunday,  March  28,  1852, 
while  the  church  bell  was  ringing  for  the  Sabbath 
school  to  assemble. 

E-EV.  William  L.  McCalla  was  born  in  Jessamine 
County,  Ky.,  November  25,  1788.  He  was  "a  man  of 
war  from  his  youth."  He  seemed  to  have  adopted 
Psalm  cxliv.  1,  for  his  motto :  "  Blessed  be  the  Lord 
which  teacheth  my  hands  to  war,  and  my  fingers  to 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  203 

fight."  At  his  examiimtion  hefore  the  Presbytery  of 
West  Lexington  he  had  a  political  altercation  with  the 
venerable  Dr.  Blythe.  In  1815  he  was  appointed  an 
army  chaplain  by  General  Jackson.  In  1819  he  was 
settled  as  pastor  of  the  church  in  Augusta,  Ky.  In 
1823  he  was  settled  over  the  Eighth  or  Scots'  Church, 
Philadelphia,  where  his  ministry  was  very  successful. 
In  1835  he  felt  impelled  to  travel  in  Texas,  and  again 
served  as  an  army  chaplain,  dressing  in  clerical  costume 
and  living  in  a  tent.  In  1837  he  returned  to  Philadel- 
phia, and  labored  successively  in  the  Fourth,  Taber- 
nacle, and  Union  Churches.  In  1854  he  engaged  in 
missionary  labor  in  St.  Louis  among  the  boatmen,  and 
afterwards  among  the  slaves  in  the  South.  He  died  in 
Louisiana,  October  12, 1859,  in  the  seventy-first  year  of 
his  age. 

Mr.  McCalla  was  of  a  tall  and  commanding  person, 
with  black  hair  and  eyes  and  a  clarion  voice.  He  was 
more  or  less  familiarly  acquainted  with  the  Hebrew, 
Syriac,  Greek,  Latin,  French,  Spanish  and  German 
languages.  He  preached  without  notes,  and  had  a 
wonderful  command  of  language.  But  it  was  in  de- 
bate that  he  excelled.  In  polemics  he  was  a  master. 
This  he  abundantly  exemplified  in  his  debates  with  Mr. 
Vaughn  and  Alexander  Campbell,  Baptists,  in  Ken- 
tucky, with  William  Lane,  an  Arian  Baptist,  in  Milford, 
with  John  Hughes,  afterward  Archbishop,  the  Roman 


204  PRESBYTERY 

Catholic,  with  Abner  Kneeland,  the  atheist,  and  with 
Joseph  Barker,  the  infidel,  who  subsequently  preached 
the  faith  he  once  labored  to  destroy.  Mr.  McCalla's 
only  publications  were  "A  Correct  ITarrative"  of  the 
affairs  connected  w^ith  the  trial  of  the  Rev.  Albert 
Barnes,  a  small  collection  of  psalms  and  hymns  in 
French,  and  "  Travels  in  Texas." 

The  late  Rev.  W.  W.  Latta,  a  remote  kinsman  of 
Mr.  McCalla,  furnished  the  following  reminiscences  of 
him : — 

"  When  occasion  required  it  he  would  preach  well 
with  less  preparation  than  any  man  I  ever  knew. 
Some  of  his  most  interesting  and  thrilling  discourses 
were  preached  by  request  on  subjects  that  were  selected 
for  him  perhaps  not  more  than  one  hour  before  he 
entered  the  pulpit.  The  master  style  and  delivery  of 
his  discourses  were  marked  by  a  singularity  w^hich 
made  them  peculiar  to  himself.  They  were  in  all 
respects  strictly  his  own.  He  was  indeed  a  man  of 
great  peculiarities.  They  ran  through  his  entire  life 
and  were  a  marked  feature  of  his  character.  I  have 
been  with  him  at  what  were  called  protracted  meet- 
ings, when  the  services  were  continued  for  several  days 
together ;  at  such  times  he  often  declined  to  leave  the 
church  either  during  the  day  or  night.  He  carried 
with  him  a  spirit  lamp,  with  an  apparatus  attached  for 
making  a  cup  of  coffee,  provisions  being  furnished  him 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  205 

bj  some  good  Martha  of  the  congregation,  and  a  bed 
was  extemporized  in  one  of  the  pews,  and  in  this  way 
he  carried  out  his  wishes  of  remaining  in  the  sanctuary 
till  the  services  were  brought  to  a  close. 

"The  conversational  powers  of  this  distinguished 
divine  were  as  remarkable  as  were  his  efforts  in  the 
pulpit  and  on  the  platform.  He  was  generally  the 
centre  of  attraction  in  all  clerical  sociables.  He  had  a 
fund  of  anecdote  that  was  almost  exhaustless,  and  he 
seemed  at  home  on  every  topic  that  might  be  intro- 
duced. His  thoughts  were  always  clothed  in  the  most 
chaste  language,  which  flowed  from  his  lips  so  copiously 
and  smooth  as  to  be  likened  to  water  flowing  from  a 
fountain.  There  was,  moreover,  a  peculiar  sweetness 
in  his  voice,  which  lent  additional  charms  to  his  con- 
versational powers.  When  he  was  therefore  present  in 
classical  circles,  his  brethren  preferred  rather  to  listen 
than  to  talk  themselves,  much  as  they  are  generally 
given  to  the  free  use  of  their  tongues.  Mr.  McCalla 
could  talk  so  well  on  almost  any  subject  that  might  be 
brought  forward  that  he  was  once  taken  by  a  fellow- 
traveller  in  a  stage-coach  for  a  politician  on  his  way  to 
"Washington.  On  a  sudden  display  of  legal  knowledge 
the  traveller  concluded  that  he  was  a  judge  or  an  at- 
torney at  the  bar,  and  it  was  with  no  little  astonish- 
ment that  he  discovered  that  his  politic  attorney  was  a 
clergyman,  and  could  display  even  more  knowledge  on 


206  PRESBYTERY 

theology  than  he  had  done  on  politics  and  law.  There 
was  no  subject  he  had  studied  more,  and  on  which  he 
loved  more  to  talk,  than  the  subject  of  prophecy.  I 
was  in  company  with  him  on  one  occasion,  together 
with  several  other  clergymen,  when  he  made  a  predic- 
tion, founded  on  prophecy,  that  has  been  most  marvel- 
ously  fulfilled.  He  said  that  if  he  had  studied  the  word 
of  God  aright,  there  would  be  '  a  fearful  convulsion  in 
this  country,  commencing  about  the  year  1860,  and  con- 
tinuing for  four  years,  just  one  Presidential  term.' 
The  language  in  quotation  marks  was  precisely  that 
uttered  by  the  speaker  to  the  best  of  my  recollection, 
and  it  was  uttered  about  the  year  1846.  I  have  deeply 
regretted  since  the  close  of  the  war  that  I  did  not  make 
a  note  of  the  particular  passage  on  which  the  predic- 
tion was  based,  but  I  regarded  it  as  visionary  at  the 
time,  and  it  made  but  little  impression  on  me  until 
after  its  most  wonderful  verification." 

Rev.  John  H.  Kennedy  was  born  l^ovember  11, 1801, 
at  "Herron's  Branch,"  Franklin  County,  Pa.  In 
November,  1818,  he  became  a  student  of  Jefiferson  Col- 
lege, Canonsburg,  Pa.  During  his  whole  collegiate 
course  he  sustained  a  high  standard  as  to  talents  and 
scholarship,  and  graduated  with  honor.  May,  1820.  In 
October  of  that  year  he  entered  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary of  Princeton,  where  he  studied  the  regular  term 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  207 

of  three  years.  He  was  licensed  to  preacTi  in  October, 
1822.  On  leaving  the  Seminary  in  1823  he  itinerated 
in  different  directions  about  eighteen  months.  In 
^N'ovember,  1825,  he  was  installed  pastor  of  the  Sixth 
Presbyterian  Church,  Philadelphia,  and  sustained  this 
relation  until  December,  1829.  In  May,  1830,  he 
accepted  the  Professorship  of  Mathematics  in  Jefferson 
College,  and  a  call  from  the  congregation  of  Centre, 
about  five  miles  distant  from  Canonsburg.  Subse- 
quently he  devoted  himself  more  exclusively  in  his 
Professorship  to  the  departments  of  ^NTatural  Philosophy 
and  Chemistry.     He  died  December  15,  1840. 

As  an  instructor  Professor  Kennedy  was  thorough, 
discriminating,  accurate,  and  lucid  in  his  illustrations. 
As  a  preacher  he  was  instructive,  solemn,  searching, 
and  forcible.  As  a  pastor  he  was  laborious  and  faith- 
ful. As  a  writer  he  was  characteristically  lucid,  simple, 
and  concise.  His  talents  were  various,  and  in  some 
respects  of  a  high  order.  He  had  more  of  the  intel- 
lectual than  the  aesthetic,  more  of  argumentation  than 
poetry  in  his  composition,  more  of  the  instructive  than 
the  pathetic.  He  was  a  man  of  great  benevolence  and 
liberality,  and  his  soul-searching  experience,  his  con- 
scientiousness and  stern  integrity,  his  self-denial,  his 
steadfast  reliance  on  the  righteousness  of  Christ,  his 
abhorrence  of  sin,  his  desires  and  endeavors  after  holi- 
ness, and  his  habitual  aim  to  glorify  God,  gave  lucid 


208  PRESBYTERY 

proof  of  sincere  piety  wLilc  he  lived,  which  was  con- 
firmed in  his  death. 

Rev.  AVilliam  P.  Alricks  was  born  in  Wilmington, 
Del.,  in  August,  1799.  He  graduated  at  the  College  of 
'New  Jersey  in  1824.  He  was  Stated  Supply  at  New 
Castle,  Del.,  1828-29,  and  at  Pigeon  Creek.  He  was 
ordained  as  an  Evangelist  by  the  Presbytery  of  Wash- 
ington in  1831.  He  was  Stated  Supply  at  East  Buf- 
falo, Pa.,  1830-1864,  and  Professor  of  Mathematics, 
Mechanics,  and  Astronomy  in  Washington  College, 
Pa.,  1830-1860.  He  died  at  Winterset,  Pa.,  December 
31,  1869.  Professor  Alricks  was  an  able  and  faithful 
preacher,  and  stood  high  in  the  departments  of  science 
which  he  taught. 

Sylvester  Scovel,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Peru,  Mass., 
March  3, 1796.  He  graduated  at  Williams  College,  in 
1822,  and  studied  theology  at  Princeton  Seminary. 
After  his  licensure  he  labored  successfully  as  a  mission- 
ary on  the  Delaware  River,  between  Trenton  and  Phila- 
delphia. He  was  pastor  of  the  church  at  Woodbury,  X. 
J.,  1825-28.  This  pastorate  was  eminently  successful. 
His  labors  extended  to  a  second  church  at  Black  wood- 
town,  six  miles  east  of  Woodbury,  where  he  was  equally 
successful.     He  left  thi§  field  in  1828.     After  preaching 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  209 

six  months  at  Norristown,  Pa.,  he  was  a  missionary  in 
Ohio  for  seven  years,  during  which  about  three  hundred 
made  a  profession  of  faith  under  his  ministry. 

In  1836  Dr.  Scovel  accepted  an  agency  in  the  West  for 
the  Board  of  Domestic  Missions.  The  field  assigned 
him  was  the  territory  covered  by  the  Synods  of  Cincin- 
nati, Kentucky,  Indiana,  Illinois,  and  Missouri,  in 
which  to  perform  the  duties  of  agent  required  great 
self-denial  and  much  of  the  spirit  of  the  gospel.  Dr. 
Scovel  proved  adequate  to  the  demands  of  the  position, 
and  his  earnest,  indefatigable  and  self-sacrificing  labors 
were  signally  blessed.  In  the  Fall  of  1846  he  was 
elected  President  of  Hanover  College,  Indiana,  and  im- 
mediately after  accepting  this  office  became  financial 
agent  of  the  Institution,  in  which  capacity  he  was  suc- 
cessful in  raising  funds  for  an  endowment,  towards 
which  he  contributed  liberally  himself.  Under  his 
wise  administration  of  the  college  it  was  blessed  with 
prosperity.  He  took  special  interest  in  the  spiritual 
welfare  of  the  students.  Dr.  Scovel  died  July  4,  1849, 
in  that  serenity  of  spirit,  which  was  the  fruit  of  God's 
love  shed  abroad  in  his  heart.  To  him  the  cause  of  re- 
ligion and  education  in  the  West  owes,  under  God,  much 
of  its  success.  To  found  and  build  up  churches,  schools, 
seminaries,  and  colleges  in  that  great  valley  may  be 
said  to  have  been  the  master  passion  of  his  soul. 


210  PRESBYTERY 

George  Potts,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
March  15,  1802.  He  graduated  at  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  in  1819,  the  third  in  his  class.  After  his 
graduation  he  spent  a  year  in  general  studies  preparatory 
to  entering  the  theological  seminary.  He  joined  the 
Seminary  at  Princeton  in  1820,  was  licensed  to  preach 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  in  1822.  He  was 
installed  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  IN'atchez, 
Miss.,  at  the  close  of  that  year,  and  continued  there 
twelve  years.  Resigning  this  charge  on  account  of  the 
enervating  influence  of  the  climate  upon  him,  he 
accepted  a  call  to  the  Duane  Street  Church,  New  York, 
and  was  installed  as  pastor  in  May,  1836.  In  1845  he 
resigned  the  charge  of  the  church  in  Duane  Street,  and 
on  ]!^ovember  25th  was  installed  pastor  of  a  newly- 
gathered  church  in  University  Place.  He  continued  in 
this  connection  till  the  close  of  his  life.  He  died 
September  15,  1864. 

Dr.  Potts  was  a  Director  of  the  Theological  Seminary 
at  Princeton,  and  a  member  of  the  Council  of  the  ^N'ew 
York  University.  He  never  aspired  to  anything  in  the 
way  of  authorship,  having  published  only  a  few  occa- 
sional sermons  and  addresses.  As  a  preacher  he  was 
undoubtedly  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  attractive  of 
his  day.  His  voice  was  full  and  clear,  his  utterance 
distinct  and  impressive,  his  gestures  simple  and  grace- 
ful, and  the  manifest  promptings  of  nature,  and  his 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  211 

whole  manner  such  as  were  best  fitted  to  give  efi*ect  to 
the  momentous  truths  he  proclaimed.  There  was  in 
his  preaching  an  happy  admixture  of  the  doctrinal 
and  the  practical.  He  never  felt  that  he  had  done  with 
any  truth  that  he  presented  until  he  had  not  only 
shown  its  intellectual  bearing,  but  had  brought  it  into 
contact  with  the  conscience  and  the  heart.  Though 
his  sermons  were  generally  written,  he  accustomed 
himself,  especially  during  his  latter  years,  to  extem- 
poraneous speaking,  and  he  has  been  heard  to  say  that 
he  had  more  freedom  and  comfort  in  this  mode  of 
preaching  than  any  other.  The  interests  of  his  congre- 
gation seemed  always  uppermost  in  his  thoughts.  His 
pastoral  visits  were  a  source  of  mutual  enjoyment  to 
him  and  his  people,  and  those  who  were  in  the  morning 
of  life  especially  shared  most  largely  in  his  watchful 
regards.  Though  his  tastes  were  rather  for  a  life  of 
quietude  than  bustle,  he  was  by  no  means  destitute  of 
executive  ability,  nor  did  he  shrink  from  taking  his 
share  in  guiding  and  moulding  the  destinies  of  the 
Church.  In  every  relation  he  sustained  his  pure  and 
noble  spirit  was  impressively  exemplified. 

Hugh  Hamill,  D.D.,  was  born  at  ^orristown.  Pa., 
Feb.  28,  1810,  was  graduated  from  Rutgers  College, 
IN'.  J.,  in  1827,  and  studied  theology  at  Princeton  and 
!N"ew  Haven.     Mr.  Hamill  was  licensed  by  the  Presby- 


212  PRESBYTERY 

tery  of  Philadelphia,  April  30,  1830,  taught  during 
the  following  Summer  in  the  boarding-school  of  the 
Eev.  Robert  Steel,  at  Abington,  Pa.,  was  ordained  an 
evangelist  at  Buffalo,  ^N".  Y.,  by  the  Presbytery  of  Buf- 
falo, Oct.  31,  1832.  He  w^as  Stated  Supply  at  Black 
Kock  (now  the  Brecken ridge  Street  Church,  Buffalo, 
K  Y.)  from  l^ov.  1,  1830,  until  Xov.  1,  1833,  then 
began  to  preach  at  Elkton,  Md.,  and  Pencader  Church, 
Del.,  where  he  was  installed  pastor  by  'New  Castle 
Presbytery,  Jan.  21,  1834,  and  from  which  he  was 
released  May  1,  1837,  after  a  highly  successful  pas- 
torate. From  1837  he  was  associated,  for  thirty-three 
years,  w^ith  his  brother,  the  Rev.  Samuel  Ilamill,  D.D., 
as  Principal  of  the  High  School  at  Lawrenceville,  iT.  J., 
retiring  from  this  position  on  account  of  impaired  hear- 
ing, which  interfered  with  his  duties  as  an  instructor. 
In  the  Spring  of  1873  he  removed  to  !N'ewark,  Del., 
w^here  he  died,  Aug.  1,  1881,  exhibiting  to  the  last  a 
most  trustful  and  submissive  spirit.  Dr.  Hamill  was 
retiring  and  modest,  but  decided,  an  accurate,  thorough, 
and  successful  instructor,  as  a  preacher  he  was  clear, 
concise,  and  forcible,  his  character  was  marked  by  sim- 
plicity, godly  sincerity,  kindliness  of  heart,  and  un- 
swerving integrity.  He  possessed  fine  scholarship,  and 
his  life  was  pure,  noble,  and  useful. 

James  C.  Watson,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Donegal  Town- 
ship, Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  Jan.  27,  1805,  graduated 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  213 

at  the  College  of  'Ne\Y  Jersey,  in  1827,  and  studied 
theology  at  Princeton  Seminary.  He  was  licensed  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  April  22,  1830,  was 
ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Carlisle,  Oct.  14,  1832, 
and  on  the  same  day  was  installed  pastor  of  the  United 
Churches  of  Gettysburg  and  Great  Conewago.  Here 
he  labored  nearly  seventeen  years,  until  he  was  released, 
August  29,  1849.  His  next  charge  was  at  Clinton, 
1:^.  J.,  where  he  was  installed  l^ov.  21,  1849,  and  was 
released  Dec.  3,  1850.  His  third  charge  was  at  King- 
ston, IS".  J.,  where  he  was  installed  Feb.  19,  1851,  and 
was  released  Oct.  17, 1854.  His  fourth  and  last  charge 
was  at  Milton,  Pa.,  where  he  was  installed  Dec.  14, 
1854,  and  continued  until  he  was  released  by  death. 

In  the  beautiful  region  of  the  Susquehanna,  where 
Dr.  Watson  spent  the  last  quarter  of  a  century  of  his 
life  and  ministry,  he  acquired  a  wide  and  great  in- 
fluence. His  ministerial  work  in  the  church  at  Milton 
was  a  most  faithful  and  successful  one.  The  closing 
months  of  his  life  were  darkened  by  the  great  mis- 
fortune which  befell  his  town  and  congregation, 
through  a  sweeping  conflagration,  in  which  their 
pleasant  house  of  worship  was  consumed.  He  was  a 
man  of  positive  convictions,  and  was  quite  ready  to 
utter  them.  He  stood  in  the  old  paths,  taught  the  old 
theology,  and  strove  to  build  up  his  Church  on  solid 


214  PRESBYTERY 

Scriptural  foundations.     He  died  August  31,  1880,  in 
the  seventy-sixth  year  of  his  age. 

Rev.  eTosEPH  Sanford  was  born  in  Vernon,  Yt., 
February  6,  1797.  He  graduated  at  Union  College  in 
1820.  He  studied  theology  at  Princeton  Seminary, 
and  in  April,  1823,  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the 
Presbytery  of  IS'ew  York.  Immediately  after  this  he 
went  to  Montreal,  L.  C.,and  for  several  weeks  supplied 
the  American  Presbyterian  Church  in  that  city,  to 
which  he  received  a  unanimous  call,  but  which  he  felt 
constrained  to  decline.  In  October  of  that  year  he  was 
pastor  of  the  new  Presbyterian  (now  the  First)  Church 
of  Brooklyn,  ^N".  Y.  Here  he  continued  to  labor  with 
great  acceptance,  his  congregation  rapidly  increasing 
under  his  ministry,  till  October,  1828,  when  he  received 
a  call  from  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  in  Phila- 
delphia, which  he  accepted.  His  installation  over  this 
church  took  place  January  21, 1829.  From  the  time  of 
his  settlement  in  Philadelphia  his  health  was  so  much 
impaired  that  he  was  but  ill-fitted  to  bear  the  burden  of 
responsibility  and  care  that  rested  upon  him.  He  died 
December  25,1831.  His  disease  was  attended,  during  a 
considerable  part  of  the  time,  with  delirium,  but  in  every 
lucid  interval  it  was  manifest  that  the  Sun  of  Right- 
eousness was  pouring  beams  of  joy  into  his  soul. 

"  Mr.  Sanford,"  says  Dr.  Waterbury,  "  had  a  vein  of 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  215 

moral  and  mental  excellence,  the  purity  and  richness 
of  which  none  could  know  who  did  not  go  heneath  its 
surface  to  discover  it."  He  was  a  model  pastor.  His 
manners  were  kind  and  conciliatory.  His  chastened 
aspect  forbade  all  undue  familiarity,  but  he  was  neither 
harsh  nor  repulsive.  He  had  an  ardent  mind,  which, 
in  the  pulpit,  took  fire  by  its  own  action,  communi- 
cating warmth  and  light  to  the  congregation,  and  ever 
and  anon  flashing  upon  them  some  brilliant  thought, 
or  some  burning  sentence.  He  spoke  from  the  heart  to 
the  heart.  In  prayer  he  was  singularly  gifted.  "His 
prayers  seemed  to  take  hold  of  the  very  gates  of  heaven, 
and  struggle  to  open  them.  Here  was  seen  the  man  of 
God,  one  who  lived  on  the  mount ; '  seeing  God  face  to 
face.'" 

Nicholas  Murray,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Armagh 
County,  Ireland,  December  25, 1802.  At  the  age  of 
sixteen  he  resolved  to  come  to  the  Western  World  to 
seek  his  fortune,  and  found  a  situation  in  the  publish- 
ing establishment  of  the  well-known  Harper  Brothers, 
IN'ew  York.  He  had  been  brought  up  a  Roman 
Catholic;  but  having  his  attention  arrested  by  the 
preaching  of  Dr.  John  M.  Mason,  he  began  to  examine 
for  himself,  and  the  result  was  his  conversion  to 
Protestantism.  He  was  now  persuaded  to  study  for 
the  ministry,   and    graduated    at  Williams    College, 


216  PRESBYTERY 

Massachusetts,  under  Dr.  Griffin.  After  spending  some 
time  in  the  service  of  the  American  Tract  Society,  he 
graduated  at  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  in  1829, 
when  he  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadel- 
phia. He  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  the 
Wilkesbarre  Church,  iS'ovember,  1829,  by  the  Presby- 
tery of  Susquehanna.  July  23,  1833,  he  was  installed 
pastor  of  the  First  Church,  Elizabethtown,  ]^.  J., 
where  "  his  profiting  appeared  to  all,"  and  where  in 
the  midst  of  his  usefulness  he  was  smitten  with  rheu- 
matism of  the  heart,  and  expired,  after  a  brief  illness, 
February  11,  1861. 

Dr.  Murray's  merits  were  familiar  to  the  Church  at 
large.  He  was  chosen  Moderator  of  the  General 
Assembly  in  1849.  Besides  numerous  calls  to  churches, 
he  was  appointed  to  two  Theological  Professorships, 
the  Secretaryship  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 
and  General  Agency  of  the  American  Tract  Society 
for  the  valley  of  the  Mississippi. 

Dr.  Murray  had  a  strong,  clear,  practical  mind,  and 
his  style  of  preaching  was  more  instructive  than 
imaginative.  He  was  endowed  with  a  native,  racy, 
ready  wit,  savoring  of  his  mother-country,  which  some- 
times in  controversy  flashed  up  in  scathing  irony  and 
sarcasm. 

His  published  works  are  the  celebrated  "  Kirwan 
Letters  on  Popery,"  in  two  series,  originally  published 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  217 

in  the  Xew  York  "  Observer ;"  "  Travels  in  Europe ;" 
"  Home  ;"  "  Driftwood  ;"  "  Thoughts  on  Preaching  and 
Pi^eachers  ;"  and  a  posthumous  set  of  discourses  on 
"  Things  Unseen  and  Eternal." 

Thomas  McCauley,  D.D.,  was  a  native  of  Ireland. 
He  graduated  at  IJnion  College,  K  Y.,  in  1804,  was 
Tutor  there  in  1805-6,  and  Professor  of  Mathematics 
and  Katural  Philosophy  from  1814  to  1822,  meanwhile 
being  licensed  to  preach,  it  is  supposed,  by  the  Presby- 
tery of  Albany.  He  was  settled  in  l^ew  York  City  as 
pastor  of  Rutgers  Street  Church.  He  then  removed  to 
Philadelphia,  and  had  charge  of  what  is  now  the  Tenth 
Presbyterian  Church.  June  2,  1830,  he  was  elected 
President  of  the  Board  of  Education,  which  position 
he  filled  but  one  year.  Subsequently  he  returned  to  New 
York  City  to  assume  the  pastorate  of  the  Murray  Street 
Presbyterian  Church.  While  thus  engaged  he  w^as 
elected  in  1838  to  the  Chair  of  Pastoral  Theology  and 
Church  Government,  in  the  Union  Theological  Semi- 
nary of  that  city,  w^iich  position  he  held  until  1841. 
For  a  year  previous  to  his  death  Dr.  McCauley  lived  in 
retirement. 

Rev.  Samuel  G.  Winchester  was  born  at  Pock  Pun, 
Harford  County,  Md.,  Feb.  17, 1805.  As  the  field  in 
w^hich  to  exercise  his  talents  he  chose  the  law,  and  was 

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218  PRESBYTERY 

entered  as  a  student  of  law  in  the  University  of  Mary- 
land, but  subsequently,  notwithstanding  the  prospect 
of  a  successful  career  at  the  Bar,  decided  to  enter  the 
ministry.  He  became  a  student  at  Princeton  Seminary 
in  JSTov.  1827,  was  licensed  in  1829  by  the  Presbytery 
of  Baltimore,  and  in  1830  was  unanimously  called  to 
be  pastor  of  the  Sixth  Presbyterian  Church  in  Phila- 
delphia. He  accepted  the  call,  and  was  ordained  and 
installed  May  4, 1830.  In  the  Spring  of  1837  he  re- 
signed his  charge,  and  accepted  an  agency  from  the 
Board  of  Domestic  Missions.  In  the  Autumn  he  re- 
ceived a  call  to  the  Church  in  Natchez,  Miss.,  and  be- 
lieving that  the  change  of  climate  would  be  favorable 
to  his  health,  he  accepted  the  call,  and  was  able  to  dis- 
charge his  duties  four  years.     He  died  Aug.  31,  1841. 

"In  the  pulpit,  or  on  the  floor  of  a  deliberative 
body,"  says  Dr.  Engles,  "  although  his  appearance  was 
youthful,  his  person  was  commanding,  his  self-posses- 
sion perfect,  his  gesticulation  easy  and  graceful,  his 
voice  full  and  well  modulated,  and  his  whole  manner 
peculiarly  oratorical.  The  bent  of  his  mind  was  for 
argument  and  discussion,  and  in  deliberative  bodies 
he  was  often  listened  to  with  pleasure,  if  not  surprise, 
for  the  happy  facility  he  displayed  in  developing  a 
point  of  controversy,  particularly  when  it  related  to 
ecclesiastical  law." 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  219 

Rev.  Albert  Barnes  was  born  in  Rome,  l!^.  Y., 
December  1,  1798.  His  preparatory  studies  were  con- 
ducted in  Fairfield  Academy,  wbere  he  gave  early  pro- 
mise of  his  abilities  by  composing,  in  connection  with 
two  fellow-students,  a  tragedy  in  verse,  entitled  "  Wil- 
liam Tell ;  or,  Switzerland  Delivered."  Who  knows 
how  near  the  distinguished  commentator  came  to  be- 
coming a  distinguished  poet?  When  he  entered  Ham- 
ilton College,  he  was  decidedly  skeptical.  But  his 
skepticism  was  removed  by  reading  Chalmers'  article 
on  Christianity  in  the  "  Edinburgh  Encyclopaedia," 
and  a  revival  in  the  college  beheld  him  among  the 
converts.  He  renounced  his  intention  to  study  law, 
and  entered  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  in  1820. 
After  taking  the  three  years'  course,  he  remained  for 
several  months  as  a  resident  graduate.  In  February, 
1825,  he  was  installed  pastor  of  the  church  in  Morris- 
town,  N.  J.  Here  his  ministry  was  very  successful, 
and  here  he  commenced  the  preparation  of  his  Com- 
mentaries. Dr.  James  W.  Alexander  had  also  entered 
on  a  similar  work,  at  the  request  of  the  American 
Sunday-School  Union,  but  learning  Mr.  Barnes'  inten- 
tions, he  gracefully  yielded  the  field  to  him,  pleading 
his  own  delicate  health. 

June  30, 1830,  Mr.  Barnes  accepted  a  call  from  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  in  Philadelphia,  and  took 
the  first  step  in  a  course  which  was  to  make  his  name 


220  PRESBYTERY 

historic,  in  the  face  of  a  vehement  opposition  from 
some  members  of  the  Presbytery,  who  considered  his 
recently  published  "  Sermon  on  the  Way  of  Salvation" 
unsound.  Party  feeling  between  the  Old  and  l^ew 
School  rose  higher  and  higher,  till  at  length,  in  1835, 
Rev.  Dr.  George  Junkin  conceived  it  his  duty  to  table 
charges  against  him  on  the  ground  of  heterodoxy,  as 
evinced  in  his  Commentary  on  Romans,  etc.  The  Pres- 
bytery refusing  to  sustain  these  charges,  Dr.  Junkin 
appealed  to  the  Synod,  who  censured  Mr.  Barnes  and 
suspended  him  from  the  ministry.  To  this  severe 
sentence  he  submitted  without  murmuring,  abstaining 
from  entering  the  pulpit  on  the  Sabbath ;  but  he  took 
an  appeal  to  the  next  General  Assembly  in  1836. 
That  Assembly,  the  Synod  of  Philadelphia  being  out 
of  the  house,  reversed  the  sentence  and  took  off  the 
suspension.  From  this  time  the  altercations  grew  more 
and  more  bitter,  till,  in  1838,  the  work  of  schism  was 
complete,  and  the  seamless  coat  of  Christ  was  torn  in 
twain.  It  is  proper  here  to  add  that  when  the  time 
for  reunion  arrived  in  1870,  Mr.  Barnes  took  one  of  the 
first  preliminary  steps  to  facilitate  it  by  gracefully 
offering  to  withdraw  his  books  from  the  shelves  of  the 
Publication  Committee.  And  it  is  proper  to  state 
still  further,  that  at  the  time  of  his  demise  so  much 
had  the  bitterness  of  controversy  subsided  that  his  loss 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  221 

was  lamented  as  sincerely  by  his  brethren  of  the  Old 
School  division  as  by  those  of  his  own. 

In  1849  Mr.  Barnes  was  invited  to  a  professorship  in 
Lane  Seminary,  which  he  saw  fit  to  decline.  In  1851 
the  General  Assembly  (^ew  School)  manifested  their 
appreciation  of  their  favorite  champion  and  Coryphaeus 
by  making  him  Moderator.  About  this  time  his  eyes 
began  to  fail,  and  for  a  time  he  had  to  forego  the 
pleasure  of  reading  and  writing.  ]N"otwithstanding  a 
trip  to  Europe  and  the  employment  of  assistants  in  the 
pulpit,  this  infirmity  increased  to  such  a  degree  that  in 
1868,  having  reached  the  age  of  seventy,  he  resigned 
his  charge,  much  against  his  people's  wishes.  To  the 
last,  however,  he  continued  to  preach  occasionally  in 
the  churches,  and  regularly  in  the  House  of  Refuge,  of 
which  he  was  a  manager.  Although  the  congregation 
made  him  Pastor  Emeritus,  the  distance  from  the  church 
of  his  residence  in  West  Philadelphia  prevented  him 
from  rendering  them  much  service,  and  he  decidedly 
refused  to  receive  anything  in  the  way  of  salary. 

At  length  the  end  drew  near.  The  call  to  his  reward 
surprised  him  in  the  performance  of  a  sacred  and  tender 
duty.  On  December  24,  1870,  he  walked  a  mile  to 
administer  consolation  to  a  bereaved  family,  but  had 
scarcely  seated  himself  when  he  experienced  a  difficulty 
of  breathing,  and  suddenly  falling  back  in  his  chair, 
expired  without  a  struggle. 


222  PRESBYTERY 

Mr.  Barnes'  forae  rests  chiefly  on  his  ''Commen- 
taries," of  which  a  million  copies  have  been  circulated 
in  America  and  Great  Britain,  and  translations  have 
been  made  into  several  foreign  languages.  He  pub- 
lished a  variety  of  books  and  pamphlets  on  other  sub- 
jects. His  two  discourses,  "  Life  at  Three-score"  and 
"  Life  at  Three-score  and  Ten,"  are  among  the  most 
charming  autobiographies  the  world  has  ever  seen ; 
they  show  beautifully  how  religion  can  gild  and  cheer 
a  Christian  minister's  closing  years. 

Mr.  Barnes  rose  at  four  o'clock  in  the  morning, 
winter  and  summer,  and  repaired,  lantern  in  hand,  to 
his  study,  which  was  in  the  church  edifice.  Here  he 
remained  till  nine  o'clock,  as  we  learn  from  his  own 
account,  laboring  on  his  "  Commentaries,"  and  as  soon 
as  the  hour  struck,  such  was  his  adherence  to  method, 
he  laid  down  his  pen,  though  in  the  middle  of  a  sen- 
tence. Thus,  like  Sir  Walter  Scott,  his  main  studies 
were  over  before  other  men  had  fairly  begun  their  day's 
work.  This  course  he  adopted  to  forestall  any  insinua- 
tions that  he  was  infringing  on  time  sacred  to  his  ordi- 
nary pastoral  duties.  A  night  watchman  once  saw  him 
apjjlying  his  key,  and  not  knowing  his  person  or  his 
habits,  kept  a  sharp  eye  on  him,  but  his  suspicions  were 
soon  dissipated  by  hearing  his  voice  in  prayer.  The 
story  has   gained   currency  with   variations   and   the 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  223 

student's  jeopardy  has  been  magnified,  but  the  above 
is  all  that  the  family  admit  to  be  authentic. 

As  a  writer  Mr.  Barnes  was  remarkably  clear  and 
lucid.  It  was  impossible  to  mistake  his  meaning.  His 
name  appears  without  any  title,  because  he  was  con- 
scientiously opposed  to  academic  degrees.  As  a 
preacher  it  is  sufficient  to  say  that  he  stood  at  the 
head  of  his  profession,  in  an  arduous  post,  and  under 
peculiarly  trying  circumstances,  yet  he  commanded  to 
the  last  the  respect  and  admiration  of  persons  of  intel- 
ligence and  culture,  both  in  an  out  of  the  learned  pro- 
fessions. At  the  same  time,  his  pulpit  efforts  were  not 
coldly  intellectual  and  barren.  Though  addressed  to 
the  judgment,  and  delivered  in  a  calm  and  unimpas- 
sioned  manner,  like  those  of  his  great  predecessor.  Dr. 
Wilson,  they  were  solemn  and  impressive,  and  their 
faithfulness  and  pungency  were  attested  by  numerous 
revivals.  Dr.  Skinner  said  of  him  that  he  had  not  left 
his  equal  behind  him. 

George  Junkin,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  sprung  from  a  Came- 
ronian  ancestry  of  the  straitest  sort,  was  born  Novem- 
ber 1,  1790,  near  Carlisle,  in  the  lovely  Cumberland 
Valley,  Pennsylvania.  The  family  in  1806  removed  to 
Mercer  County,  on  the  banks  of  the  ]N'eshannock.  He 
graduated  at  Jefferson  College,  September,  1813.  He 
then  studied  theology  with  Dr.  Mason  in  Xew  York. 


224  PRESBYTERY 

lie  filled  missionary  appointments  for  some  time,  as  in 
the  Thirteenth  Street  or  Margaret  Duncan  Church, 
Philadelphia,  the  history  of  which  we  cannot  stop  to 
narrate.  October  17,  1819,  he  was  settled  over  the  As- 
sociate Reformed  Church  in  Milton,  Pennsylvania, 
w^here  the  lines  did  not  fall  in  pleasant  places.  In  1822 
he  entered  the  Presbyterian  connection,  along  with  Dr. 
Mason  and  the  great  body  of  the  Associate  Reformed. 
In  1830  he  took  charge  of  a  manual-labor  institution  in 
Germantown.  This  brought  him  into  the  Presbytery 
of  Philadelphia.  In  1831  he  w^as  chosen  Moderator 
of  the  Synod  of  Philadelphia.  His  stay  in  this  connec- 
tion was  short,  for  in  1832  he  accepted  the  Presidency 
of  Lafayette  College,  and  in  April,  1833,  removed  his 
membership  to  the  Presbytery  of  Xewton,  in  the  Synod 
of  ^NTew  Jersey.  June  30,  1835,  he  undertook  his 
famous  prosecution  of  Albert  Barnes  for  doctrinal 
error,  before  the  Second  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia. 
He  justified  his  interference,  though  a  member  of  an- 
other Presbytery  and  Synod,  by  stating  his  belief  that 
the  Second  Presbytery  had  been  formed  for  Mr.  Barnes' 
sake,  and  there  was  no  probability  of  any  member  of 
that  Presbytery  undertaking  the  task.  The  subsequent 
results  have  passed  into  history.  In  August,  1841,  he 
was  made  President  of  the  Miami  University,  Ohio. 
In  1844  he  was  elected  Moderator  of  the  Old  School 
General  Assembly,  and  in  the  same  year  left  Miami  and 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  225 

resumed  the  Presidency  of  Lafayette — "  lovely  Lafay- 
ette," as  ^e  was  fond  of  calling  it.  In  October,  1848, 
he  saw  fit  to  accept  the  Presidency  of  Washington 
College,  Virginia,  whither  twenty-six  of  his  students 
followed  him,  and  where  he  remained  for  twelve  years. 
Then  were  kindled  the  flames  of  war.  A  secession  flag 
was  run  up  over  the  college  in  direct  violation  of  his 
orders,  and  he  resigned  April  18,  18G1.  He  died  of 
angina  j^ectoris,  in  Philadelphia,  after  a  brief  illness. 
May  20,  1868,  aged  78  years. 

Dr.  Junkin  possessed  a  sturdy  intellect,  and  was 
more  remarkable  for  the  vigorous  grasp  which  he  took 
of  every  subject  he  handled  than  for  the  variety  or  ex- 
tent of  his  learning.  Despising  all  affectation  and  dis- 
simulation, he  was  rather  blunt  and  brusque  in  his 
manner,  and  often  had  a  preoccupied  air.  In  his 
preaching,  which  was  without  notes,  he  was  exegetical 
and  logical ;  and  in  spite  of  his  low  stature  and  re- 
markably shrill  voice,  he  commanded  the  attention  of 
his  hearers.  But  his  exertions  and  influence  were  not 
confined  to  the  pulpit.  He  took  an  active  part  in  pro- 
moting education,  particularly  the  school  system  of 
Pennsylvania,  emancipation,  the  national  Union  and 
temperance. 

Dr.  Junkin  was  a  voluminous  author.  His  pub- 
lished writings  were  "Baptism,"  "The  Prophecies," 
"  Justification,"  "  Sanctification,"  "  Sabbatismos,"  "  The 


226  PRESBYTERY 

Tabernacle,"  "  The  Vindication,"  "  Political  Fallacies," 
besides  "  Baccalaureate  Addresses,"  "  Literary  Ad- 
dresses," "  Occasional  Discourses,"  and  a  ]\IS.  commen- 
tary on  Hebrews,  in  750  quarto  pages,  which  was  written 
after  his  seventy-fifth  year. 

James  E.  Eckard,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
!N'ovember  22, 1805.  He  graduated  at  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania  in  1823,  practised  law  1826-30,  was 
ordained  an  evangelist  by  the  Third  Presbytery  of  Phi- 
ladelphia July  21,  1833,  was  missionary  in  Ceylon 
1833-43,  agent  of  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.,  in  Georgia, 
1844,  missionary  and  Principal  of  the  Chatham  Acad- 
emy, Savannah,  Georgia,  1844-46,  pastor  of  Xew  York 
Avenue  Church,  Washington,  D.  C,  1848-58,  stated 
supply  at  Asbury,  ^N".  J.,  1860-67,  and  Professor  in 
Lafayette  College  1858-72.  When  in  Ceylon,  Dr. 
Eckard  published,  in  the  Tamil  language,  an  essay  on 
Faith  and  Justification.  Also,  in  English,  a  work 
called  the  "Hindoo  Traveler,"  designed  for  natives 
educated  to  read  English.  On  his  return  from  India 
he  published  a  small  volume  containing  a  narrative  of 
some  of  the  missionary  operations  there.  He  con- 
tributed to  the  Princeton  Beview,  in  1860,  an  article  on 
the  "  Loojical  Relations  of  Relio-ion  and  Science." 

Silas  M.  Andrews,  D.D.,  was  born  March  11, 1805, 
in  Back  Creek  Congregation,  Rowan  County,  ^nT.  C. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  227 

He  was  graduated  from  the  University  of  ]S'orth 
Carolina,  at  Chapel  Hill,  A.  D.  1826,  taught  a  classical 
school  in  his  native  place  one  and  a  half  years,  was  for 
another  one  and  a  half  years  tutor  in  the  University  of 
North  Carolina,  entered  Princeton  Seminary  in  the  Fall 
of  1828,  and  w^as  regularly  graduated  in  the  Fall  of 
1831.  He  was  licensed  by  New  Brunswick  Presbytery, 
February  2, 1831,  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Phila- 
delphia, at  Doylestown,  Pa.,  November  16,  1831,  and 
on  the  same  day  installed  pastor  of  the  Church  of 
Doylestown  and  Deep  Pun.  This  was  his  one,  unin- 
terrupted, and  only  charge  from  that  day  until  his 
death,  a  period  of  forty-nine  years  and  four  months. 
Here  he  labored  steadily,  industriously,  with  marked 
ability,  sound  judgment,  and  rare  devotion  to  his  one 
work,  concentrating  all  his  efforts  on  his  charge,  and 
taking  very  little  part  in  outside  affairs,  gathering  in 
from  time  to  time  large  numbers  of  converts,  and  train- 
ing and  edifying  his  people  in  the  way  of  truth,  holi- 
ness, and  duty.  For  the  first  seventeen  years  of  his 
pastorate  he  also  conducted  a  private  classical  school, 
in  addition  to  performing  his  ministerial  duties.  He 
died  March  7,  1881. 

Dr.  Andrews  was  a  quiet,  unassuming  man,  averse 
to  all  pretension  and  ostentation.  He  possessed  ex- 
cellent scholarship,  a  well-balanced  mind,  rare  good 
judgment,    and    was    a    Scriptural    and    impressive 


228  PRESBYTERY 

preacher.  From  October  15,  1848,  until  the  Reunion 
in  1870,  when  he  declined  a  re-election,  he  was  Stated 
Clerk  of  the  Synod  of  Philadelphia,  the  duties  of  which 
office  he  was  admirably  qualified  to  fulfil  by  his 
accuracy,  his  methodical  carefulness,  and  his  fine  pen- 
manship. He  was  held  in  high  respect  and  warm  re- 
gard by  all  who  knew  him. 

William  J.  Gibson,  D.D.,  was  born  August  22, 1810, 
in  Ryegate,  Vt.  He  graduated  at  Jefferson  College, 
Pa.,  in  1826.  After  teaching  for  a  time,  and  having 
studied  theology  privately  for  two  years  previously, 
under  the  care  of  the  Reformed  (Covenanter)  Presby- 
tery, he  changed  his  church  relations  in  1830,  and  was 
licensed  to  preach  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia, 
October  30,  1831.  Soon  after  he  received  a  call  to  the 
Kinth  Presbyterian  Church,  Philadelphia,  which  had 
just  been  vacated  by  the  Independent  Presbyterian 
Church,  Rev.  John  Chambers,  pastor,  and  was  installed 
its  pastor  February  7,  1832.  In  this  church  he  con- 
tinued his  ministry  until  the  Spring  of  1838.  He 
became  pastor  of  the  church  in  Ilollidaysburg,  Pa.,  in 
April,  1839.  In  1841  he  was  called  to  the  Union 
Church,  Philadelphia.  The  following  year  he  was 
called  to  Williamsburg,  and  while  pastor  there  he  sup- 
plied Martinsburg  until  called  for  half  his  time  to 
Sinking  Yalley.     After  a  prosperous  pastorate  of  some 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  229 

years  in  this  field,  he  was  called  in  1852  to  Lick  Run, 
at  Jacksonville,  Centre  County,  then  a  large,  strong 
church.  Here  he  continued  until  October,  1861.  He 
subsequently  supplied  the  churches  of  Pine  Grove  and 
Duncans ville,  and  finally  became  pastor  of  the  churches 
of  Martinsburg  and  Duncansville,  which  he  continued 
to  serve  until  increasing  blindness  and  growing 
infirmity  compelled  his  retirement  from  the  active 
ministry.     He  died  in  1883. 

Dr.  Gibson  was  highly  appreciated  as  a  minister  of 
the  Gospel  and  profound  theologian.  He  was  a  faithful 
and  fearless  advocate  of  sound  doctrine.  He  ^Vas  also 
a  good  Presbyter,  well  versed  in  Presbyterial  law  and 
modes  of  procedure.  His  interest  in  all  religious  ques- 
tions and  work  was  unabated  to  the  last.  As  an  author 
he  w^rote  much  and  powerfully  for  the  press,  and  has 
left  behind  a  printed  debate  on  Baptism,  showing  great 
skill  and  deep  research,  and  a  history  of  Huntingdon 
Presbytery,  with  several  biographical  sketches  of  its 
deceased  members  both  clerical  and  lay. 

David  X.  Junkin,  D.D.,  was  born  at  Mercer,  Pa., 
January  8, 1808,  graduated  at  Jefferson  College  in  1831, 
and  after  spending  a  short  time  in  teaching,  entered 
Princeton  Seminary,  in  which  he  was  a  student  for  two 
years  and  six  months. 

Mr.  Junkin  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Phila- 


230  PRESBYTERY 

delphia,  October  17, 1833,  and  installed  pastor  of  the 
church  at  Greenwich,  ^N".  J.,  March  25,  1835.  Here  he 
labored  sixteen  years,  during  a  part  of  which  time 
(1837-42)  he  was  also  Professor  of  Belles  Lettres  in 
Lafayette  College,  at  Easton,  Pa.  His  ministry  at 
Greenwich  was  intelligent,  enterprising,  earnest,  labo- 
rious, and  fruitful.  He  was  greatly  beloved  and 
honored,  and  his  name  is  still  held  in  veneration.  As 
pastor  of  the  F  Street  Church  in  Washington,  D.  C, 
from  May  11,  1851,  until  October  25, 1853,  his  labors 
were  blessed,  and  a  new  impulse  was  given,  by  his 
presence  and  work,  to  the  interests  of  his  denomination 
in  that  city.  [N'ovember  21, 1853,  he  became  pastor  of 
the  church  at  Hollidaysburg,  Pa.,  and  labored  there 
assiduously  and  successfully  about  seven  years,  until 
released  November  25,  1860.  Afterward  he  accepted 
a  commission  to  act  as  Chaplain  in  the  United  States 
!N'avy,  and  was  stationed  successively  between  May, 
1860,  and  ^N'ovember,  1864,  at  Philadelphia,  Annapolis, 
Md.,  Newport,  E.  I.,  New  York  City,  Portsmouth,  N. 
H.,  and  then  went  with  his  ship  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico. 
October  17, 1864,  he  was  installed  pastor  of  the  North 
Church,  Chicago,  111.  Here  his  ministry  was  vigorous, 
and  made  on  the  minds  of  many  lasting  impressions  on 
the  side  of  truth,  but  the  climate  proving  unfavorable 
to  his  health  he  was  released  from  the  charge  May  15, 
1866.     Dr.  Junkin  then  accepted  a  call  from  the  church 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  231 

of  !N"ew  Castle,  Pa.,  and  was  installed  as  its  pastor 
September  13,  1866.  This  was  his  last  pastoral  charge, 
and  here  he  labored  nearly  thirteen  years,  much  of  the 
time  enduring  acute  pain,  yet  toiling  with  industry, 
fervor,  and  success.  Many  were  added  to  his  church, 
his  congregation  was  enlarged,  and  believers  were 
edified.  At  last  he  felt  compelled  to  yield  to  disease 
and  age,  and  was  released  July  1,  1879.  His  death 
occurred  April  22,  1880,  in  the  seventy-third  year  of 
his  age.     His  end  was  entirely  peaceful. 

Dr.  Junkin  was  a  man  of  clear  and  strons^  con  vie- 
tions,  and  never  hesitated  to  utter  them  strongly,  on 
what  he  believed  to  be  fitting  occasions.  Though  posi- 
tive in  manner,  he  had  a  warm,  affectionate,  tender 
heart.  He  was  a  conservative,  faithful,  brave  defender 
of  the  faith ;  as  a  preacher,  instructive.  Scriptural, 
impressive ;  as  a  pastor,  tender,  sympathizing,  and 
judicious.  He  was  the  author  of  several  valuable 
volumes,  and  for  many  years  was  a  prolific  and  interest- 
ing writer  for  the  weekly  religious  press. 

John  B.  Pinney,  LL.D.,  born  in  Baltimore,  Md., 
December  25,  1806,  was  graduated  from  the  University 
of  Georgia,  August,  1828,  studied  law  while  pursuing 
his  college  course,  and  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Georgia,  in  1828,  taught  one  year  in 
Waterboro,  S.  C,  entered  Princeton  Seminary  in  1829, 


232  PRESBYTERY 

and  having  completed  the  full  course,  was  regularly 
graduated  in  1832.  He  was  licensed  hy  the  Presbytery 
of  New  Brunswick,  April  25, 1832,  was  ordained  as  an 
evangelist  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  October 
12, 1832,  having  been  appointed  a  Missionary  to  Africa 
by  the  AVestern  Foreign  Missionary  Society,  was  ap- 
pointed by  the  American  Colonization  Society  "  to  act 
as  Agent"  of  the  American  Colony  at  Liberia  "  until  the 
arrival  of  a  permanent  Agent,"  October  24,  1833,  and 
was  appointed  Agent,  April  17, 1834. 

Mr.  Pinney  remained  in  Liberia  until  1837.  After 
his  return,  he  was  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the 
Pemisylvania  Colonization  Society,  residing  in  Pitts- 
burg and  Philadelphia,  from  1837  to  1847,  was  installed 
pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Washington,  Pa., 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Washington,  June  1,  1847,  and 
released,  April  20,  1848,  was  Corresponding  Sec- 
retary of  the  !N'ew  York  State  Colonization  Society, 
from  1848  to  1863.  In  1866  he  went  to  l^evada,  where 
he  remained  until  1869,  engaged  in  mining  and  agri- 
cultural operations.  A  few  3^ears  later,  on  the  re- 
organization of  the  Xew  York  State  Colonization 
Society,  he  was  again  appointed  its  Corresponding 
Secretary,  and  remained  in  that  office  until  his  death. 
He  was  a  man  of  almost  singular  devotion  to  his  work, 
of  indomitable  energy  of  character,  and  indefatigable 
in  labor.     He  had  worn  himself  out  long  before  his  end 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  233 

came,  but  in  the  intervals  of  his  struggles  with  disease 
and  infirmity,  he  continued  to  do  his  utmost  to  the 
last.  His  whole  life  was  devoted  to  the  ^N'egro  race, 
and  especially  to  African  colonization.  Seven  times 
he  crossed  the  ocean,  to  Africa,  once  or  twice  after  the 
failure  of  his  health,  to  promote  the  interests  of  Liberia. 
He  died  at  his  residence,  near  Ocala,  Florida,  whither 
he  had  gone  a  few  months  before,  on  his  seventy-seventh 
birth-day,  December  25,  1882.  He  was  buried  under 
the  shade  of  the  oaks,  near  his  house,  six  black  men 
acting  as  pall-bearers. 

Rev.  Alexander  Macklin,  D.D.,  was  born  in  the 
parish  of  Lambeg,  and  County  of  Down,  near  Belfast, 
in  the  l^orth  of  Ireland,  on  the  15th  of  January,  1808. 
He  was  descended  from  a  Scotch  ancestry  and  a  God- 
fearing parentage,  rejoicing  in  an  entail  of  piety  more 
permanent  far  than  that  by  which  they  held  their 
earthly  possessions.  He  was  brought  into  the  church  at 
the  age  of  seventeen  years ;  and  shortly  after  this  gave 
himself  to  the  Lord  for  the  work  of  the  ministry,  to 
which,  after  a  regular  and  thorough  education,  literary 
and  theological,  in  the  institutions  of  Belfast,  he  was 
licensed  in  1831,  in  the  church  of  Hill-Hall,  of  which 
he  was  a  member,  by  the  Presbytery  of  Belfast,  as  a 
probationer  for  the  gospel  ministry.  His  entire  edu- 
cation was  paid  for  by  a  sum  of  money  left  for  that 

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234  PRESBYTERY 

express  purpose  by  his  grandfather,  a  man  of  profound 
piety.  He  decided  to  locate  in  America,  and  arrived 
in  New  York  on  the  1st  of  January,  1832.  Im- 
mediately after  his  arrival,  he  received  a  call  from  the 
church  of  Clinton,  ]S"ew  Jersey,  over  which  he  was 
ordained  and  installed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Xewton. 
Here  he  labored  with  great  acceptance,  until  called  to 
the  Scots  Church  of  Philadelphia,  Penna.,  where  he 
preached  for  twenty-four  years.  In  this  church  he 
preached  his  last  sermon  on  January  23,  1859,  before 
leaving  for  Florida,  whither  he  went  on  account  of  his 
failing  health.  He  returned  home  only  to  linger  until 
July  6,  1859,  when  he  was  called  to  his  home  in  Heaven 
to  receive  the  reward  of  his  Master,  and  to  enter  into 
eternal  life.  Of  his  services  here,  what  more  need  be 
said,  than  this,  "  His  record  is  on  high." 

Henry  A.  Boardman,  D.D.,  was  born  at  Troy,  !N'ew 
York,  January  9,  1808,  and  graduated  at  Yale  College 
in  1829,  after  which  he  studied  theology  at  the  Prince- 
ton Seminary.  On  leaving  the  Seminary  in  1833,  he 
became  the  pastor  of  the  Tenth  Presbyterian  Church 
in  Philadelphia,  and  continued  in  that  relation  until 
released.  May  5,  1876,  after  which  he  continued,  by  a 
vote  of  the  church  and  of  the  Presbytery,  to  hold  the 
relation  of  Pastor  Emeritus  until  his  death.     This  oc- 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  235 

curred  June  15, 1880,  in  the  seventy-third  year  of  his 
age. 

Among  Dr.  Boardman's  theological  writings  may  be 
specified,  "The  Scriptural  Doctrine  of  Original  Sin" 
(1839),  "The  Great  Question"  (1855),  "  The  Society  of 
Friends,  and  the  Two  Sacraments"  (1857),  all  of  which 
are  now  admitted  to  be  standard  works  on  the  themes 
which  they  discuss.  On  controversial  and  ecclesiastical 
matters,  in  1841  he  published  "  Correspondence  with 
Bishop  Doane  on  the  Oxford  Tracts,"  and  1844  "  The 
Apostolical  Succession,"  in  1849  "The  Doctrine  of 
Election,"  in  1855  "The  Christian  Ministry  not  a 
Priesthood,"  and  in  1866  "The  State  of  the  Church  : 
being  a  Review  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  General  As- 
sembly of  1866."  With  the  warm  interest  he  always 
took  in  the  prosperity  of  the  country,  he  allowed  few 
occurrences  of  great  public  interest  to  pass  without  di- 
recting the  minds  of  the  people  to  the  moral  lessons^ 
and  duties  arising  from  the  occasion,  and  among  his 
published  addresses  may  be  mentioned  "  The  American 
Union"  (1850),  "The  Federal  Judiciary"  (1862).  In 
1865  "  The  Peace  Makers,"  and  "  The  Peace  we  :N"eed, 
and  How  to  Secure  it."  Of  his  very  many  publications 
on  miscellaneous  matters,  the  principal  are,  "  The  Im- 
portance of  Eeligion  to  the  Legal  Profession"  (1849), 
"A  Discourse  on  the  Life  and  Character  of  Samuel 
Miller"  (1850),  "The   Bible   in   the  Family"  (1851), 


236  PRESBYTERY 

"  The  Bible  in  the  Counting-house"  (1853),  "  The  Low 
Value  set  upon  Human  Life  in  the  United  States" 
(1853),  "  Moral  Courage"  (1857),  "  Christian  Union" 
(1859),  "  The  Life  and  Character  of  the  Rev.  Cortlandt 
Van  Rensselaer,  D.D."  (1860).  The  most  of  these 
works  have  gone  through  several  editions  in  this 
country,  have  been  reprinted  with  commendatory  pre- 
faces in  Great  Britain,  and  some  have  been  translated 
into  other  languages. 

In  1853  Dr.  Boardman  was  elected  by  the  General 
Assembly  to  the  chair  of  Pastoral  Theology  in  the 
Seminary  at  Princeton,  made  vacant  by  the  death  of 
Dr.  Archibald  Alexander,  but  at  the  solicitation  of  his 
church  and  many  distinguished  citizens  of  Philadel- 
phia, he  consented  to  abide  with  them,  and  declined  the 
appointment.  In  the  following  year  he  was  elected 
Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly.  He  received  the 
honorary  degree  of  D.D.  from  Marshall  College,  Penn- 
sylvania. 

From  the  day  of  his  settlement  in  the  ministry.  Dr. 
Boardman  became  a  leader  in  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
He  speedily  gained  a  wide  and  powerful  influence, 
which  he  wielded  always  for  the  extension  of  the 
Church  and  the  maintenance  of  her  principles.  He 
was  a  man  of  mark  in  all  her  assemblies,  often  appear- 
ing in  her  highest  court,  discussing  important  subjects 
with  masterly  ability,  and  assisting  with  his  wise  coun- 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  237 

sels  the  establishment  of  many  of  the  institutions  which 
have  given  her  strength  and  ministered  to  her  rapid 
increase. 

Dr.  Boardman  performed  his  great  life-work  of  forty- 
six  years,  in  his  first  and  only  pastoral  charge,  with 
distinguished  ability,  learning,  and  fidelity.  He  held 
his  position  by  the  sedulous  and  conscientious  cultiva- 
tion of  his  pulpit  powers.  Evangelical  and  elevated  in 
his  thoughts,  and  pure,  simple,  and  direct  in  his  style, 
he  charmed  while  instructing  his  people,  and  bound 
them  to  himself  by  the  ties  of  a  reverential  love.  He 
was  uncompromisingly  orthodox  in  his  doctrinal  beliefs, 
and  Presbyterian  in  his  ecclesiastical  polity.  Always 
and  everywhere  he  maintained  his  Calvinistic  and  Pres- 
byterian opinions,  and  living  in  times  of  high  contro- 
versy in  our  own  and  with  other  denominations,  he  was 
pronounced  in  the  defence  and  advocacy  of  those  views. 
But  he  was  so  high-toned  and  courteous  in  his  contro- 
versial character  that  he  commanded  the  respect  and 
admiration  of  opponents. 

Rev,  Levi  Janvier  was  born  at  Pittsgrove,  IT.  J., 
April  25, 1816.  He  graduated  at  the  College  of  New 
Jersey  in  1835.  After  being  engaged  in  teaching  for  a 
time,  he  was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  West  Jer- 
sey, December  31,  1840.  He  was  a  missionary  in  In- 
dia, at  Futtehghur,  Lodiana,  Ambala,  and  Sabbathu, 


238  PRESBYTERY 

1841-64.  He  died  at  Anandpoer,  March  25,  1864, 
passing  from  his  chosen  scene  of  labor  and  self-denial 
to  the  reward  of  a  "  good  and  faithful  servant." 

Samuel  Beach  Jones,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Charleston, 
S.  C,  November  23, 1811.  He  was  educated  at  Prince- 
ton, and  was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  IRew 
Brunswick,  October  4,  1837.  He  was  Assistant  Sec- 
retary of  the  Board  of  Missions,  1836-37,  Professor  of 
Theology  in  Oakland  College,  Miss.,  1838.  He  became 
pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  of  Bridgeton, 
N.  J.,  in  1839,  and  resigned  the  charge  in  1863.  He 
w^as  an  influential  member  of  the  Presbytery.  From 
1870  to  1875,  he  w^as  Stated  Supply  of  the  Fairfield 
Church.  Dr.  Jones  was  a  man  of  good  scholarship, 
and  well  read,  especially  in  all  theological  learning. 
He  was  prevented  by  physical  infirmities  from  preach- 
ing during  the  last  few  years  of  his  life.  His  attach- 
ments to  the  Presbyterian  Church  were  strong,  and  his 
proclamations  of  the  gospel  were  faithful  testimonies 
to  its  power  and  value  in  the  salvation  of  the  souls  of 
men.  His  own  faith  rested  securely  upon  the  person 
and  work  of  Christ.  In  that  faith  he  lived,  and  in  that 
faith  he  died,  March  19,  1883,  at  his  residence  in 
Bridgeton. 

John  Hall,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  August 
11,  1806,  graduated  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  239 

in  1823,  and  in  December,  1827,  was  admitted  to 
practice  at  the  Philadelphia  Bar.  In  1832  he  re- 
linquished the  practice  of  law,  with  a  view  to  devote 
his  life  to  the  ministry,  and  being  elected  a  manager, 
and  afterward  Secretary  of  the  Mission  work  of  the 
American  Sunday-School  Union,  his  training  for  the 
ministry  w^as  chiefly  in  the  course  of  active  work  in 
this  service.  He  was  editor  of  the  Sunday-School 
Journal  and  the  Youth's  Friend^  revised  the  first  five 
volumes  of  the  "  Union  Questions  on  the  Bible,"  and 
prepared  the  seven  subsequent  volumes  of  the  series. 
He  produced  nine  original  works  and  compiled  six 
others,  which  have  now  a  place  upon  the  catalogue  of  the 
Union.  In  1839  he  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Presby- 
tery of  Philadelphia,  and  was  ordained  and  installed, 
August  11, 1841,  pastor  of  the  First  Church  in  Trenton, 
^.  J.,  w^hich  relation  he  sustained  until  the  close  of  his 
ministerial  labors.  His  ministry  was  greatly  blessed. 
In  1852-53  Dr.  Hall  delivered  a  course  of  lectures  in 
the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  filling  a  temporary 
vacancy  in  the  Chair  of  Pastoral  Theology.  In  addition 
to  the  w^orks  he  prepared  for  the  American  Sunday- 
School  Union,  nine  volumes  appear  on  the  catalogue  of 
the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Publication.  He  also  pub- 
lished some  occasional  sermons,  and  was  a  frequent 
contributor  to  various  religious  and  literary  journals. 
;N"umerous  articles  from  his  pen  have  appeared  in  the 


240  PRESBYTERY 

• 

Princeton  Review.  Dr.  ITall  was  an  able  scholar,  a 
vigorous  and  graceful  writer,  an  instructive  and  im- 
pressive preacher,  and  wielded  a  large  influence  for 
good  by  his  pen  and  from  his  pulpit. 

Dr.  Cornelius  C.  Cuyler  was  born  at  Alban}^,  of  an 
honored  Dutch  ancestry,  February  15, 1783.  He  gradu- 
ated at  Union  College  in  1806,  and  studied  theology 
under  Drs.  Livingston  and  Bassett.  He  was  ordained 
pastor  of  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church  in  Poughkeepsie, 
January  2,  1809.  ^N'umerous  revivals  occurred  under 
his  ministry.  He  declined  several  flattering  invitations  ; 
but  in  obedience  to  the  apparent  call  of  Providence,  he 
accepted  a  call  to  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church, 
Philadelphia,  and  was  installed  January  14,  1834. 
Here  he  continued  in  faithful  labor  till  his  death,  which 
occurred  August  31,  1850,  when  he  was  in  the  sixty- 
eighth  year  of  his  age. 

Dr.  Cuyler  was  of  noble  appearance,  being  six  feet 
two  inches  in  height.  He  had  a  remarkably  well- 
balanced  mind.  He  vwas  dignified,  yet  afltable,  an 
elegant  scholar,  and  a  perfect  gentleman.  His  sermons 
were  carefully  written,  his  style  was  lucid  and  perspic- 
uous, his  delivery  sober  and  free  from  extravagances. 
His  deathbed  was  truly  edifying.  His  published  writ- 
ings consisted  of  a  number  of  occasional  sermons  and 
several  tracts. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  241 

William  A.  McDowell,  D.D.,  was  born  at  Laming- 
ton,  IT.  J.,  in  May,  1789.  He  graduated  at  Princeton 
College  in  1809.,  and  was  Tutor  in  the  college  1810-11. 
His  theological  studies,  commenced  under  the  direction 
of  Dr.  John  Woodhull,  were  completed  in  Princeton 
Seminary  in  1813.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the 
Presbytery  of  'New  Brunswick,  April  28,  1813,  and 
installed  pastor  of  Bound  Brook,  ]^.  J.,  on  the  22d  of 
December  following.  This  relation  continued  until 
October  19,1814,  and  on  the  15th  of  the  next  December 
he  was  installed  pastor  of  the  church  at  Morristown, 
]S^.  J.  Here  his  ministry  was  characterized  by  great 
acceptableuess  and  usefulness.  His  health  requiring  a 
milder  climate,  he  accepted  a  call  from  a  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  and  was  installed  its  pastor 
December  3,  1823.  Here  he  continued  occupying  a 
wide  sphere  of  ministerial  usefulness  about  ten  years. 
In  1832  he  was  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly. 
In  1833  he  was  appointed  Secretary  of  the  Board  of 
Domestic  Missions  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  which 
position  he  retained  until  1850.  His  death  took  place 
September  17,  1851. 

Dr.  McDowell  was  truly  a  Christian  in  his  views  of 
divine  truth,  in  his  intercourse  with  Grod,  and  in  the 
eminent  prudence,  circumspection,  and  consistency  of 
his  public  and  private  walk.  As  a  minister  of  the 
Gospel  he  cheerfully  consecrated  himself  to  his  work. 


242  PRESBYTERY 

Ilis  sermons  were  well  planned,  thoroughly  digested, 
solid,  and  rich  in  evangelical  instruction.  His  manner 
was  characterized  by  a  fervor  and  unction  that  gave  it 
very  considerable  eftect.  As  a  pastor  he  was  diligent 
and  faithful.  Under  his  administration  the  Board  of 
Missions,  which  had  been  in  a  comparatively  low  and 
crippled  condition,  assumed  a  higher  position,  the 
sphere  of  its  influence  was  enlarged,  its  importance  was 
more  fully  appreciated  by  the  Church,  and  its  efficiency 
became  visible  in  many  hundred  places  which  before 
were  literally  spiritual  desolations. 

Eev.  Matthew  B.  Hope  was  born  in  Mifflin  County, 
Pa.,  July  31,  1812.  He  entered  Jefferson  College  iu 
the  year  1825,  and  graduated  in  1830,  when  he  was 
only  seventeen  years  of  age.  He  then  studied  theology 
at  the  Seminary  at  Princeton  till  1832,  and  having  con- 
cluded to  go  out  as  a  missionary  to  India,  studied  medi- 
cine at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  the  two  fol- 
lowing years,  and  was  licensed  and  ordained  as  a  mis- 
sionary by  the  Presbytery  of  Huntingdon  in  1835.  He 
received  an  appointment  from  the  American  Board. of 
Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions,  and  labored  two 
years  at  Singapore,  an  island  off  the  northern  extremity 
of  the  Malay  peninsula,  where  he  had  a  sun  stroke,  and 
on  partial  recovery  was  recommended  by  his  physicians 
to  return  to  his  native  land.     The  homeward  voyage 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  243 

was  beneficial  to  him,  and  he  was  able  in  a  short  time 
to  act  as  agent  for  the  Colonization  Society,  and  in 
1839  he  was  appointed  Financial  Secretary  to  the 
Presbyterian  Board  of  Education,  and  in  1842  Corre- 
sponding Secretary.  In  this  ofiice  he  continued  till 
1846,  but  in  1845  was  elected  to  the  Professorship  of 
Belles  Lettres  and  Political  Economy  in  the  College  of 
I^^ew  Jersey,  a  relation  which  he  held  till  his  death. 
From  the  time  of  his  return  from  India  he  was  per- 
petually suffering  from  neuralgia,  a  violent  pain  passing 
from  one  member  of  the  body  to  another,  till  finally  it 
reached  his  heart,  and  after  half  an  hour  of  suffering, 
on  the  morning  of  the  17th  of  December,  1859,  its  pul- 
sation ceased,  before  his  physician  could  reach  him. 
His  funeral  sermon  was  preached  by  President  Mac- 
lean, followed  with  a  Memorial "  Discourse  by  Dr.  At- 
water,  which  was  published  in  the  Nassau  Literary 
Magaziyie.  During  his  funeral  all  the  places  of  business 
in  Princeton  were  closed,  as  a  mark  of  respect. 

Dr.  Hope  was  a  man  of  great  simplicity  of  manner,  di- 
rect yet  full  of  genial  kindness.  A  broken  constitution 
hindered  him  from  executing  much  which  otherwise 
he  would  have  done,  but  notwithstanding  such  a  serious 
obstacle,  the  amount  of  work  which  he  went  through 
would  have  been  felt  to  be  laborious  by  a  healthy  man. 
In  addition  to  the  toils  of  an  exciting  department,  he 
frequently  preached  in  the  adjoining  cities,  as  well  as  in 


244  PRESBYTERY 

his  place  in  chapel,  and  spent  much  time  and  exhaust- 
ing labor  for  the  financial  interests  of  the  college.  But 
the  chief  element  of  his  character,  and  the  one  which 
can  never  be  separated  from  recollections  of  him,  was 
his  deep  and  active  piety.  Of  this  none  who  ever  came 
in  contact  with  him  could  fail  to  be  aware.  Dr.  Hope 
was  publisher  of  the  Princeton  Review  from  1840  to 
1848,  and  contributed  a  number  of  valuable  articles 
to  it. 

John  W.  Yeomans,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Hinsdale, 
Mass.,  January  7,  1800.  His  parents  were  in  humble 
circumstances,  and  when  a  boy  he  was  apprenticed  to 
a  blacksmith,  but  he  had  an  ardent  desire  for  learning, 
and  had  made  good  use  of  the  opportunities  afforded 
him  for  acquiring  knowledge,  and  before  his  appren- 
ticeship was  completed  he  bought  up  the  unexpired 
time  and  supported  himself  by  teaching.  He  entered 
Williams  College  in  1824,  and  was  graduated  with  the 
second  honors  of  the  class.  In  1826-7  he  was  Tutor 
in  the  college,  after  which  he  studied  theology  in  the 
Seminary  at  Andover,  and  in  November,  1828,  he  was 
ordained  and  installed  pastor  over  a  small  congregation 
in  I^orth  Adams,  Mass.,  which  he  had  gathered  while 
acting  as  Tutor  in  the  college.  He  now  collected  funds 
to  build  for  them  a  house  for  worship,  and  continued 
with  them  till  1832,  when  he  accepted  a  call  to  the 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  245 

First  Congregational  Church  in  Pittsfield,  Mass.  At 
the  end  of  two  years  he  resigned  this  for  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Trenton,  'N.  J.,  where  he 
became  the  successor  to  Dr.  James  W.  Alexander.  In 
1841  he  accepted  the  presidency  of  Lafayette  College, 
Easton,  Pa.,  which  he  resigned  in  1844,  and  after  a 
short  residence  in  Philadelphia  became  the  pastor  of 
the  Mahoning  Church  in  Danville,  Pa.,  the  duties  of 
which  he  discharged  till  his  death,  which  took  place 
June  22,  1863. 

He  held  a  high  place  in  the  esteem  of  his  brethren 
in  the  ministry,  and  was  elected  Moderator  of  the 
General  Assembly  in  1860,  and  had  the  degree  of  D.D. 
conferred  upon  him  simultaneously  by  three  colleges, 
the  College  of  N'ew  Jersey,  "Williams  College,  and 
Miami  University. 

His  desire  for  knowledge  was  so  powerful  that  he  was 
never  idle.  His  life  was  continuous  labor,  but  his  aims 
and  his  standard  of  perfection  were  often  too  high  to 
be  reached.  He  did  not  live  to  complete  any  of  the 
great  works  that  he  had  undertaken.  He  left  in  an 
incomplete  state  commentaries  on  the  Gospel  of  John 
and  the  Epistle  to  the  Romans.  Many  of  the  sermons 
which  he  left  in  manuscript  had  never  been  preached 
by  him,  probably  being  laid  aside  for  other  trains  of 
thought  that  had  been  suggested  during  their  prepara- 
tion, and  some  of  those  preached  had  been  prepared 


246  PRESBYTERY 

one,  two,  and  three  years  before  they  were  delivered. 
He  was  a  good  classical  scholar,  and  well  acquainted 
with  Mathematics  and  the  IN'atural  Sciences,  but  Logic 
and  Metaphysics  was  the  field  in  which  he  delighted 
to  revel,  and  many  of  his  deductions  were  of  the  most 
beautiful  and  satisfactory  character.  He  was  an 
eloquent  preacher,  and  in  describing  and  defining  the 
emotions  and  aiFections  his  deep  study  of  the  human 
mind  made  him  peculiarly  felicitous.  The  best 
thoughts  in  many  of  his  sermons  could  only  be  par- 
tially apprehended  by  hearing  them  from  his  lips,  and 
deserve  a  more  permanent  form.  The  numerous 
articles  he  furnished  for  the  Princeton  Review  are  the 
most  valuable  of  his  published  works. 

James  W.  Dale,  D.D.,  was  a  native  of  Wilmington, 
Del.,  but  was  reared  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  where 
be  graduated  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in 
1831.  He  entered  upon  the  study  of  law,  but  aban- 
doned it  in  favor  of  the  ministry  of  the  Gospel.  He 
entered  Princeton  Seminary  in  1833,  and  studied 
theology  there  and  in  the  Seminary  at  Andover,  Mass. 
It  was  his  ardent  desire  to  spend  his  life  as  a  missionary 
in  heathen  lands,  but  in  this,  to  his  deep  and  lasting 
regret,  he  was  hindered.  In  order  to  fit  himself  more 
fully  for  missionary  work  he  entered  upon  a  medical 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  247 

course  in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  and  received 
the  degree  of  M.D.,  at  the  close  of  the  course. 

After  entering  the  ministry  Dr.  Dale  was  for  some 
time  agent  for  the  Pennsylvania  Bible  Society  in  the 
eastern  counties  of  the  State,  then  he  became  pastor  of 
the  churches  of  Middletown  and  Ridley,  Pa.,  afterwards 
changing  Ridley  for  the  new  church  at  Media,  but 
continuing  in  Middletown  in  all  for  the  space  of 
twenty-five  years.  In  this  time  he  preached  in  various 
parts  of  Delaware  County,  giving  himself  with  unre- 
served consecration  to  the  work  of  preaching  the 
Gospel  wherever  the  opportunity  offered.  Several 
strong  and  growing  churches  started  into  life  as  the 
fruit  of  zealous  efforts  made  outside  of  his  own  field  of 
labor.  In  1871  he  became  pastor  of  the  Wayne  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  Delaware  County,  and  resigned  the 
charge  in  1874.  In  the  latter  part  of  his  life  he  served 
the  new  church  organized  at  Glen  Riddle  in  Delaware 
County,  and  preached  here  until  within  a  few  weeks  of 
his  death,  which  occurred  April  19,  1881,  in  the  sixty- 
ninth  year  of  his  age. 

Dr.  Dale  wrote  three  volumes  entitled,  "  Classic 
Baptism,"  "  Judaic  Baptism,"  and  "  Johannic  Bap- 
tism," which  exhibited  great  erudition,  dialectic  keen- 
ness, and  the  mastery  of  the  whole  literature  of  the 
Baptistic  controversy.  They  won  for  him  a  wide 
reputation,  made  him  the  first  authority  on  his  side  of 


248  PRESBYTERY 

the  question  in  the  land,  and  have  been  the  armory  of 
disputants  ever  since  their  appearance. 

The  basis  of  Dr.  Dale's  character  was  honesty — hon- 
esty of  thought  and  purpose,  and  an  inflexible  adherence 
to  his  convictions  when  fully  formed.  He  was  never 
carried  about  with  every  kind  of  doctrine,  but  having 
formed  his  opinions  with  candor,  and  after  patient  con- 
sideration, he  stood  by  them,  without  shrinking  from 
any  momentary  unpopularity  they  might  bring.  He 
was  for  years  a  leader  in  the  temperance  movement  in 
Delaware  County,  and  was  instrumental  in  securing  a 
law  by  which  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  was  pro- 
hibited within  the  limits  of  Media.  But  the  business 
of  his  life,  to  which  he  gave  himself  without  reserve, 
was  preaching  the  blessed  gospel  of  God.  He  loved 
this  work,  and  went  far  and  wide  to  declare  unto  sinful 
men  the  mercy  of  God  in  Jesus  Christ.  Many  were  led 
to  the  Saviour  by  his  ministry  who  remember  him  ten- 
derly now,  and  will  be  stars  in  his  crown  in  the  day 
that  cometh. 

Caspar  R.  Gregory,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
September  17,  1824,  graduated  from  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  in  1843,  taught  nearly  two  years,  1843- 
4,  in  private  families,  graduated  at  Princeton  Seminary 
in  1847,  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadel- 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  249 

phia,  April  5,  1848,  then  taught  another  year,  and  was 
ordained  an  evangelist  by  the  same  Presbytery,  May 
20,  1849.  His  field  of  labor  was  as  a  missionary  under 
appointment  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Foreign 
Missions,  among  the  Choctaw  Indians,  at  Spencer 
Academy,  in  the  Indian  Territory.  At  the  end  of  one 
year  his  health  gave  way,  under  excessive  labor,  and 
he  left  the  mission  in  July,  1850.  He  labored  with 
much  success  as  pastor  of  the  Church  at  Oneida,  \N'ew 
York,  from  February  9,  1852,  until  March  1,  1862. 
After  a  successful  pastorate  of  the  First  Church  at 
Bridgeton,  New  Jersey,  from  May  12,  1864,  until  Oc- 
tober 7, 1873,  he  became  Professor  of  Sacred  Rhetoric 
in  Lincoln  University,  Pa.,  where  he  labored  zealously 
and  most  successfully  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
February  26, 1882.  His  end  was  full  of  faith  and  hope. 
Dr.  Gregory  was  an  earnest  man,  throwing  his  whole 
heart  into  whatever  he  undertook.  His  mind  was 
quick,  vivacious,  and  well  cultivated.  His  preaching 
was  of  a  high  quality,  and  as  a  Professor  he  was  most 
devoted  and  faithful. 

William  Chester,  D.D.,  seventh  Corresponding 
Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Education,  was  born  in 
Wetherstield,  Connecticut,  IN'ovember  20,  1795,  gradu- 
ated at  Union  College,  'New  York,  in  1815,  and  studied 
at  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  in  1816-17.  He 
17 


250  PRESBYTERY 

was  licensed,  it  is  supposed,  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Albany  in  1818.  December,  1819,  he  was  called  to  the 
pastorate  of  the  church  in  Galway,  New  York.  A 
most  remarkable  work  of  grace  ensued  upon  his  settle- 
ment, and  in  April,  1820,  one  hundred  and  four  were 
added  to  the  church  ;  in  the  month  of  June  of  that  year 
forty -six  more  were  received  into  the  communion  of  the 
church.  He  left  Galway  in  1822.  On  September  7, 1824, 
he  was  installed  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
Hudson,  ]N"ew  York.  His  preaching  and  pastoral 
labors  among  the  churches  of  that  entire  region  were 
greatly  owned  of  God.  This,  his  last  pastorate,  was 
most  happily  and  successfully  continued  until  the  Sum- 
mer of  1832,  when,  on  the  10th  of  July,  at  the  earnest 
solicitation  of  the  Board  of  Education,  it  was  reluc- 
tantly dissolved  that  he  might  occupy  the  States  of 
Virginia  and  i^orth  Carolina  as  their  representative. 
Dr.  Chester  thus  entered  the  service  of  the  Board  of 
Education,  and  for  three  and  thirty  years  in  the  various 
positions  of  Agent,  General  Agent,  Associate  Secretary 
and  General  Agent,  and  finally  as  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary, he  labored  most  successfully  throughout  the  entire 
Church  in  this  arduous  w^ork,  until,  in  the  maturity  of 
his  days,  and  with  the  completion  of  most  of  'his  saga- 
cious plans  for  the  advancement  of  education,  he  ceased 
from  his  labors,  with  the  harness  of  office  upon  him. 
The  records  of  the  Board  evince  that  Dr.  Chester  co- 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  251 

operated  most  effectively  both  in  counsels  and  in 
personal  efforts  with  Dr.  John  Breckinridge,  Dr.  McFar- 
land,  Dr.  Hope,  Dr.  Van  Rensselaer,  Dr.  Wood,  and 
indeed  every  other  officer  of  the  Board,  from  the  days  of 
Breckinridge  until  his  service  ended.  Among  the  last 
educational  schemes  that  enlisted  his  warm  sympathies, 
in  view  of  the  alarming  decrease  of  candidates  for  the 
ministry,  was  the  satisfactory  establishment  of  the 
Cortlandt-Van  Rensselaer  Memorial  Institute,  the 
Ashmun  Institute,  and  the  College  for  the  [N'orthwest. 
He  raised  more  money  and  means  for  education  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church  than  any  of  his  coadjutors.  He 
died  May  23,  1865,  in  the  seventieth  year  of  his  age. 
He  had  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from  Wash- 
ington College,  Pa. 

Henry  Steele  Clarke,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Somers, 
Conn.,  in  1818.  His  literary  education  was  begun  in 
Hamilton  College,  N.  Y.,  and  was  continued  at  Yale 
College,  Conn.,  where  he  graduated  in  September,  1841. 
His  first  charge  was  Willoughby,  Ohio.  He  was  in- 
stalled pastor  at  Manchester,  N".  H.,  September  20, 
1849,  and  his  ministry  in  that  congregation  continued 
until  1852,  when  he  accepted  the  cordial  and  unani- 
mous call  of  the  Central  Presbyterian  Church,  Phila- 
delphia, where  he  labored  with  great  zeal  and  success 
until  his  death,  January  17, 1864.    Dr.  Clarke's  abili- 


252  PRESBYTERY 

ties  as  a  preacher  were  always  acknowledged  to  be  of  a 
high  order.  He  had  a  graceful  presence,  a  persuasive 
manner  and  exact  and  careful  taste,  good  judgment,  a 
quick  fancy,  an  acute  and  discriminating  intellect.  As 
a  pastor  he  was  no  less  efficient  and  successful  than  as 
a  preacher.  He  was  an  accomplished  gentleman,  an 
earnest  Christian,  a  faithful  friend,  and  greatly  beloved 
by  his  brethren  and  the  people  of  his  charge. 

Hugh  S.  Dickson,  D.D.,  was  born  in  County  Down, 
Ireland.  He  graduated  at  Union  College,  'N,  Y.,  in 
1839,  and  studied  theology  at  Princeton  Seminary. 
He  was  Stated  Supply  at  N'atchez,  Miss.,  1841-2,  or- 
dained by  the  Presbytery  of  Louisville  May  5,  1843, 
pastor  at  Bardstown,  Ky.,  1842-4,  and  pastor  at  Fort 
Wayne,  Ind.,  1844-7.  Subsequently  he  was  pastor  of 
the  Westminster  Church,  Utica,  K  Y.,  1848-58,  Stated 
Supply  at  Washington  Heights,  New  York  City,  1858- 
9,  and  pastor  at  Lewisburg,  Pa.,  1860-66.  Dr.  Dick- 
son, after  resigning  his  last  pastoral  charge,  removed  to 
West  Chester,  Pa.,  where  he  lived  for  several  years, 
then  changed  his  residence  to  Philadelphia,  in  which 
city  he  died,  in  great  peace,  in  the  fall  of  1887.  Dr. 
Dickson,  as  a  member  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadel- 
phia, took  an  earnest,  active  and  useful  part  in  its  de- 
liberations and  operations,  as  well  as  in  the  promotion 
of  the  general  interests  of  the  church  with  which  he 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  253 

had  been  so  long  identified.  He  preached  frequently 
for  his  brethren,  as  he  had  opportunity.  Dr.  Dickson 
was  a  gentleman  of  genial  spirit  and  sound  judgment. 
He  was  an  able  theologian,  an  instructive  and  forcible 
preacher,  a  strong  debater,  and  his  ministry,  in  the 
several  fields  of  labor  which  he  occupied,  was  sealed 
with  many  evidences  of  his  fidelity  and  acceptableness 
in  the  work  to  which  his  life  was  devoted. 

Charles  Wadsworth,  D.D.,  was  born  at  Litch- 
field, Conn.,  May  8,  1814,  graduated  from  Union 
College,  ^ew  York,  1837  ;  after  his  graduation,  taught 
one  year  in  Canajoharie,  ]^.  Y.,  spent  two  years,  1838- 
40,  in  Princeton  Seminary,  was  licensed  by  Troy  Pres- 
bytery, October  23,  1840,  was  ordained  by  the  same 
Presbytery,  February  17,  1842,  and  on  the  same  day 
installed  pastor  of  the  Second  Church  of  Troy,  N".  Y., 
from  which,  after  eight  years  of  brilliant  and  most 
successful  pulpit  service,  he  was  released,  March  5, 
1850.  From  March  20, 1850,  to  April  3, 1862,  he  was, 
with  great  popularity  and  effectiveness,  pastor  of  the 
Arch  Street  Church,  Philadelphia.  He  was  installed 
November  5, 1862,  over  Calvary  Church,  San  Francisco, 
Cal.,  and  after  it  had  been  greatly  enlarged  and 
strengthened  by  his  labors,  he  was  released,  November 
13, 1869.  He  was  installed  December  19, 1869,  pastor 
of  the  Third  Reformed  Dutch  Church,  Philadelphia. 


254  PRESBYTERY 

In  1873  this  Church  united  with  the  Western  Presby- 
terian Church,  under  the  new  name  of  Immanuel  Pres- 
byterian Church.  The  court  having  decided  that  this 
church  could  not  hold  the  church  property  of  the 
Third  Reformed  Church,  in  February,  1878,  Immanuel 
Church  was  united  with  the  Clinton  Street  Church, 
under  the  name  of  the  Clinton  Street  Immanuel  Church, 
and  Dr.  Wads  worth  was  installed  its  pastor,  March  25, 
1879,  continuing  to  be  so  until  his  death,  April  1, 
1882.  Dr.  Wadsworth  was  gifted  with  a  brilliant  and 
inexhaustible  imagination,  great  pathos  of  tone  and 
earnestness  of  manner,  a  power  of  presenting  gospel 
truth  in  a  wonderfully  fresh  and  impressive  manner. 
For  a  long  course  of  years  the  large  churches  in  which 
he  preached  were  densely  packed  with  eager  hearers. 
In  private  life  he  was  ordinarily  shy,  diffident,  and  re- 
served, but  among  his  special  friends  was  cordial,  frank, 
and  often  full  of  humor. 

Lyman  Coleman,  S.T.D.,  was  born  in  Middlefield, 
Mass.,  June  14, 1796.  He  graduated  at  Yale  College 
in  1817,  and  for  three  succeeding  years  was  Principal 
of  the  Latin  Grammar  School  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  and 
subsequently  a  Tutor  at  Yale  for  four  years,  where  he 
studied  theology.  In  1828  he  became  pastor  of  the  Con- 
gregational Church  in  Belchertown,  Mass,  and  held  the 
charge  for  seven  years,  afterwards  Principal  of  the  Burr 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  255 

Seminary,  Vermont,  for  five  years,  then  Principal  of 
the  English  Department  of  Phillips  Academy  for  five 
years.  The  years  1842-43  he  spent  in  Germany,  in 
study  and  in  travel,  and  on  his  return  was  made  Pro- 
fessor of  German  in  the  College  of  'New  Jersey.  He 
continued  here,  and  at  Amherst,  Mass.,  and  Phila- 
delphia, the  next  fourteen  years,  in  connection  with 
difterent  literary  institutions.  He  again  visited  Europe 
in  1856,  and  extended  his  travels  to  the  Holy  Land, 
the  Desert,  and  Egypt,  and  after  his  return  he  became 
Professor  of  Ancient  Languages  in  Lafayette  College, 
in  discharging  the  duties  of  which  his  labors  ceased. 
Dr.  Coleman's  principal  published  works  are — 1.  "  The 
Antiquities  of  the  Christian  Church."  2.  "  The  Apos- 
tolical and  Primitive  Church."  3.  "An  Historical 
Geography  of  the  Bible."  4.  "  Ancient  Christianity." 
5.  "Historical  Text-Book  and  Atlas  of  Biblical 
Geography." 

Robert  Davidson,  D.D.,  was  bora  in  Carlisle,  Pa., 
February  23, 1808,  and  was  the  only  child  of  the  Rev. 
Robert  Davidson,  D.D.,  the  second  President  of  Dick- 
inson College.  He  w^as  a  graduate  of  this  college,  and 
of  Princeton  Seminary.  In  1832  he  became  pastor  of 
the  McChord  (or  Second)  Church  of  Lexington,  Ky., 
and  in  this  relation  became  distinguished  for  his  pulpit 
eloquence  and  his  earnest  pastoral  work.     In  1840  he 


256  PRESBYTERY 

was  called  to  the  Prosidcncj  of  rennsylvania  Univer- 
sity, in  which  position  he  continued  two  years,  lie 
entered  on  the  pastorate  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Xew  Brunswick,  X.  J.,  Afay  4,  1843,  and 
there  labored  assiduously  and  successfully  until  October 
4,  1859.  Subsequently  he  was  pastor  of  the  Spring 
Street  Church,  Kew  York,  from  1864  to  1868.  His 
last  pastoral  charge  was  the  First  Church  of  Hunting- 
ton, Long  Island.  Eesigning  this  charge  on  account  of 
impaired  health,  he  afterwards  resided  in  Philadelphia 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  April  6,  1876. 

Dr.  Davidson  served  the  General  Assembly  as  its 
Permanent  Clerk  from  1845  to  1850.  For  a-  quarter  of 
a  centur}'  he  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Foreign 
Missions,  for  ten  years  preceding  his  decease  a  Director 
of  Princeton  Seminary,  and  in  1869  was  one  of  our 
Assembly's  delegates  to  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
Free  Church  of  Scotland.  He  was  a  frequent  con- 
tributor to  the  periodical  literature  of  the  day  through- 
out his  ministerial  life,  and  up  to  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  published  a  large  number  of  pamphlets,  sermons, 
etc.,  and  contributed  several  able  articles  to  the  Prince' 
ton  Review.  He  was  also  the  author  of  a  number  of 
volumes,  the  largest  and  best  known  of  which  is  prob- 
ably his  "  History  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
Kentucky."  He  was  a  man  of  fine  culture,  a  scholar, 
and  a  writer  of  great  purity  and  elegance.     In  private 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  257 

intercourse  he  was  kind  and  courteous,  but  also  digni- 
fied. As  a  minister  of  Christ  he  won,  and  maintained 
to  the  end,  a  high  position.  During  the  last  years  of 
his  life  he  was  a  useful  member  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Philadelphia. 

Elias  R.  Beadle,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Cooperstown, 
:N'.  Y.,  October  13,  1812.  He  studied  theology  under 
Dr.  E.  N.  Kirk,  of  Albany,  and  was  licensed  to  preach 
at  Utica,  K.  Y.,  in  1835.  The  next  year  he  was 
ordained  at  Buffalo,  and  assumed  the  pastorate  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  at  Albion,  l!^.  Y.  In  June, 
1839,  he  went  as  a  missionary  under  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M. 
to  the  Druses  in  Mount  Lebanon.  The  Druse  war 
effectually  ending  all  work  among  that  people.  Dr. 
Beadle  returned  to  this  country,  and  w^ent  to  !N'ew 
Orleans,  where  he  assisted  in  editing  the  l^ew  Orleans 
Protestant.  Aside  from  this,  as  the  result  of  his  wise 
and  indomitable  energy,  there  were  organized  the  Third, 
the  Fourth,  and  the  Prytanic  Street  Churches,  over 
the  last  of  which  he  was  pastor  from  1843  to  1852, 
when  he  was  called  to  the  Pearl  Street  Congregational 
Church  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  there  remaining  until  1863. 
In  1864  he  was  called  to  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  where  he  labored  for  a  year,  though 
not  accepting  the  call.     November  12,  1865,  he  w^as 


258  PRESBYTERY 

installed  pastor  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  where  he  remained  until  January  6, 
1879,  when  he  was  suddenly  seized  with  an  attack  of 
angina  pectoris,  on  his  way  home  from  mornhig  service, 
and  entered  into  rest  before  the  dawn  of  another  day. 
His  last  words  were, — "  0  Lord,  is  this  the  way  ?" 

Dr.  Beadle,  without  the  advantages  of  either  College 
or  Seminary  discipline,  yet  stood  in  the  foremost  rank 
among  scholars.  His  thirst  for  knowledge  was  insati- 
able, and  he  was  a  scientist  of  recognized  ability.  He 
was  a  man  of  wonderful  personal  magnetism,  both  in 
and  out  of  the  pulpit,  and  his  deep  sympathy  with  the 
troubled  and  sorrowing,  and  his  ability  to  comfort  them 
in  his  ministrations,  gave  a  rare  power  to  his  work. 
Remarkable  at  almost  every  point,  he  was  in  nothing 
more  so  than  in  the  fervency,  beauty,  and  pathos  of  his 
prayers.  Here  he  was  inimitable.  The  tenderness  of 
his  manner,  the  majesty  of  his  thoughts,  the  glorious 
richness  of  their  expression,  his  deep  sympathy  with 
human  needs,  and  the  unwavering  assurance  of  a 
Father's  love,  made  men  forget  everything  but  God, 
as  they  knelt  in  His  presence.  His  sermons  were  rich 
in  thought  and  beautiful  in  expression,  clear,  simple, 
full  of  the  power  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  captivating 
by  their  earnest,  forcible,  fresh  presentation  of  truth, 
and  by  their  great  spirituality  and  helpfulness. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  259 

John  "W.  Dulles,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
N'ovember  4, 1823.  He  graduated  at  Yale  College  in 
1844,  and  at  Union  Theological  Seminary  in  1848.  He 
sailed  for  Southern  India,  as  a  missionary  of  the 
American  Board,  in  1848,  but  was  compelled,  by  the 
loss  of  his  voice  and  the  illness  of  his  family,  to  leave 
that  field,  and  returned  to  Philadelphia  in  1852.  For 
three  years  he  served  the  American  Sunday-School 
Union,  having  charge  of  the  missionary  work  of  the 
society.  In  1857  he  became  editor  of  the  Publication 
Committee  of  the  Presbyterian  General  Assembly  (]^. 
S.),  and  in  this  position  gave  great  satisfaction.  At 
the  reunion  of  the  two  branches  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  in  1870,  he  was  elected  editorial  secretary  of  the 
United  Board  of  Publication,  and  edited  its  tracts, 
books,  and  periodicals  from  that  date. 

Dr.  Dulles  was  a  gentleman  of  polished  and  pleasant 
address,  and  of  admirable  Christian  character.  Modest 
and  retiring  in  disposition,  he  was  yet  firm  in  his  con- 
victions, and  an  indefatigable  and  efiicient  laborer  in 
the  vineyard  of  the  Lord.  The  Sabbath  School  in  the 
Walnut  Street  Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  he  was 
the  faithful  superintendent  for  many  years,  was,  as  it 
still  is,  one  of  the  largest  in  the  city,  and  a  model  of 
order,  discipline,  and  careful  spiritual  training.  He 
discharged  his  duties  as  secretary  of  the  Board  of  Edu- 
cation with  great  zeal,  ability,  judiciousness,  and  ac- 


260  PRESBYTERY 

ceptableness  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1887. 
Dr.  Dulles  was  justly  held  in  high  regard  by  his  breth- 
ren for  his  attractive  spirit  and  sterling  worth.  lie 
was  the  author  of  two  interesting  and  valuable  volumes, 
entitled  ''Life  in  India,"  and  "The  Ride  Through 
Palestine." 

Z.  M.  Humphrey,  D.D.,  was  born  at  Amherst,  Mass., 
August  80,  1824,  and  died  in  Cincinnati,  N'ovember  13, 
1881.  He  graduated  at  Amherst  College  and  at  An- 
dover  Theological  Seminary.  He  was  pastor  of 
churches  at  Eacine  and  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  1850- 
59,  of  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Chicago,  1859-68,  of 
Calvary  Church,  Philadelphia,  1868-75,  Professor  of 
Ecclesiastical  History  and  Church  Polity  in  Lane  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  Cincinnati,  1875-81,  and  Moderator 
of  the  General  Assembly  at  Chicago  in  1871.  Dr. 
Humphrey  was  a  gentleman  of  lovely  spirit  and  schol- 
arly attainments,  a  gifted  preacher,  and  a  faithful 
servant  of  Christ. 

Rev.  John  Chambers,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Stewartstown, 
Ireland,  December  19,  1797,  and  was  brought  by  his 
parents  to  this  country  while  an  infant.  After  spend- 
ing some  years  in  Ohio,  they  removed  to  Baltimore, 
where  the  son  was  employed  in  mercantile  life.  At 
the  age  of  seventeen  he  connected  himself  with   the 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  261 

Associated  Eeformed  Church  under  Rev.  John  M. 
Duncan,  and  was  by  that  eminent  divine  induced  to 
prepare  for  the  ministry,  which  he  did  under  his  di- 
rection. In  May,  1825,  he  was  installed  pastor  of  the 
Ninth  Associate  Reformed  Church  in  Philadelphia. 
The  congregation  were  worshiping  in  a  house  built  on 
Thirteenth  above  Market  Street  by  Margaret  Duncan, 
Rev.  Mr.  Duncan's  mother,  in  pursuance  of  a  vow  mad^ 
by  her  when  in  imminent  peril  of  shipwreck.  In 
1831  they  removed  to  their  present  noble  edifice  at  the 
corner  of  Broad  and  Sansom  streets.  When  Mr.  Dun- 
can, about  this  time,  renounced  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  into 
which  the  Associate  Reformed,  with  Dr.  Mason  and 
others,  had  been  merged.  Dr.  Chambers  followed  his 
example  from  sympathy  with  his  teacher.  His  church 
was  known  as  the  First  Independent  Church  till  Oc- 
tober, 1873,  when  he  and  his  congregation  again  sought 
and  were  cheerfully  admitted  to  a  connection  with  the 
Presbyterian  body.  The  reception  of  this  large  and 
influential  church,  with  their  esteemed  pastor,  was 
hailed  at  the  time  as  an  event  of  the  most  interesting 
kind.  By  order  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  the 
style  of  the  church  was  changed,  in  honor  of  the  pas- 
tor, to  "  The  Chambers  Presbyterian  Church." 

In  May,  1875,  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  Dr.  Cham- 
bers' pastorate  was  joyously  celebrated,  on  which  occa- 


262  PRESBYTERY 

siou  he  delivered  an  historical  sermon,  containing, 
among  other  items  of  interest,  the  statement  that  he  had 
received  three  thousand  ^ve  hundred  and  eighty-six 
members  into  the  church,  of  whom  twelve  hundred  are 
the  number  constituting  the  present  actual  member- 
ship ;  that  between  thirty  and  forty  young  men  had 
entered  the  gospel  ministry ;  that  he  had  married  two 
thousand  three  hundred  and  twenty-nine  couples,  and 
had  attended  between  four  thousand  and  five  thousand 
funerals.  He  had  preached  on  an  average  three  ser- 
mons a  week,  which,  for  fifty  years,  would  amount  to 
a  grand  total  (allowing  necessary  deductions)  of  more 
than  seven  thousand  sermons.  Dr.  Chambers  was  no 
friend  to  sensational  novelties  of  any  sort,  yet  he  had 
an  extraordinary  hold  on  the  young  people,  and  his 
weeknight  prayer-meetings,  with  an  attendance  of  three 
hundred,  were  a  standing  wonder. 

Dr.  Chambers'  conspicuous  attribute  was  power. 
For  the  sake  of  that  commanding  influence  which  he 
exerted  over  the  masses,  he  deliberately  sacrificed  book- 
learning  and  minute  criticism.  Bold  and  frank  in  the 
expression  of  his  opinions,  even  those  who  differed  with 
him  could  not  but  respect  and  admire  his  courage.  He 
fearlessly  attacked  the  crying  abuses,  vices  and  errors 
of  the  day,  and  was  sometimes  threatened  with  personal 
violence  on  account  of  his  plainness  of  speech.  He 
scourged  the  men  of  Succoth  with  thorns.     Like  John 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  263 

Knox,  he  called  a  spade  a  spade.  His  majestic  person, 
his  leonine  mien,  his  clarion  voice,  his  unquestionable 
sincerity,  added  weight  to  the  fulminations  of  the 
pulpit.  All  that  saw  him,  all  that  heard  him,  bore 
witness,  voluntarily  or  involuntarily,  that  "  this  was  a 
man."  Like  the  prophets  of  the  olden  time,  he  only 
lived  for  the^  salvation  of  souls,  and  his  sole  concern  was 
to  preach  the  preaching  that  the  Lord  bade  him. 

Four  brief  months  after  the  remarkable  ovation  of 
his  fiftieth  anniversary,  towards  midnight  on  the  22d 
of  September  of  the  year  1875,  his  useful  life  was 
brought  to  a  close.  The  foundation  for  the  malady 
that  took  him  off  had  been  laid  by  partial  paralysis 
two  years  previously.  Perhaps  it  is  not  too  much  to 
say  that  no  man  could  have  died  in  the  city  of  Phila- 
delphia more  sincerely  or  more  widely  lamented  by  all 
classes  of  society  and  all  denominations  of  Christians. 

William  M.  Baker,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Washington, 
D,  C,  June  5, 1825.  He  graduated  at  the  College  of 
iN'ew  Jersey  in  1846,  and  studied  theology  at  Princeton 
Seminary.  He  was  Stated  Supply  at  Batesville,  Ar- 
kansas, in  1849,  and  at  Galveston,  Texas,  in  1850.  He 
was  subsequently  pastor  at  Austin,  1850-65  ;  at  Zanes- 
ville,  Ohio,  1866-72 ;  at  I^ewburyport,  Mass.,  1872- 
74;  at  Boston,  1874-81  ;  and  at  Philadelphia  (South 
Presbyterian  Church),  1881-82,  being  soon  obliged  to 


264  PRESBYTERY 

relinquish  this  pastorate  on  account  of  impaired  health. 
He  died  in  Boston,  August  21,  1883.  While  continu- 
ing his  ministry  Dr.  Baker  also  entered  upon  literary 
work,  and  for  several  years  was  wholly  given  to  this 
kind  of  work.  One  of  the  productions  of  his  pen  was 
"  His  Majesty  Myself."  He  was  a  constant  writer  for 
the  newspapers  and  the  literary  magazines,  and  his 
w^ri tings  were  always  popular.  He  w^as  a  good  man,  a 
true  servant  of  Christ,  striving  always  to  honor  His 
name  and  extend  the  power  of  His  truth. 


OF  PUILADELPIIIA.  265 


CHAPTER  IX. 

PROMINENT  (deceased)  ELDERS  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY. 

John  Bayard,  a  friend  to  his  country,  and  an  emi- 
nent Christian,  was  born  August  11, 1738,  at  Bohemia 
Manor,  in  Cecil  County,  Maryland.  After  receiving  an 
academical  education  under  Dr.  Finley,  he  was  put  into 
the  counting-house  of  Mr.  John  Rhea,  a  merchant  of 
Philadelphia.  Here  the  seeds  of  grace  began  first  to 
take  root,  and  to  give  promise  of  those  fruits  of  right- 
eousness which  afterwards  abounded.  He  early  became 
a  communicant  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  under  the 
charge  of  Rev.  Gilbert  Tennent.  Some  years  after  his 
marriage  he  was  chosen  a  ruling  elder,  and  he  filled  the 
office  with  zeal  and  efficiency.  Mr.  Whitefield,  while 
on  his  visits  to  America,  became  intimately  acquainted 
with  Mr.  Bayard,  and  was  much  attached  to  him. 
They  made  several  tours  together.  When  his  brother's 
widow  died,  Mr.  Bayard  adopted  the  children  and 
educated  them  as  his  own.  One  of  them  was  an  eminent 
statesman. 

At  the  commencement  of  the  Revolutionary  War 
Mr.  Bayard  took  a  decided  part  in  favor  of  his  country. 

18 


266  PRESBYTERY 

At  the  head  of  the  Second  Battalion  of  the  Philadelphia 
Militia  he  marched  to  the  assistance  of  Washington, 
and  was  present  at  the  Battle  of  Trenton.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Council  of  Safety,  and  for  many  years 
S]:)eaker  of  the  Legislature.  In  1785  he  was  appointed 
a  member  of  the  Old  Congress  then  sitting  in  ISTew 
York.  In  17.88  he  removed  to  Kew  Brunswick,  where 
he  w^as  Mayor  of  the  city.  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas,  and  a  ruling  elder  of  the  church.  Here 
he  died  January  7,  1807.  His  death  was  one  of 
triumph. 

Hugh  Williamson,  M.D.,  F.R.S.,  was  born  in  West 
Nottingham,  Chester  County,  Pa.,  December  5,  1735, 
graduated  at  the  Philadelphia  College  May  17,1757, 
and  after  the  study  of  theology  was  licensed  to  preach 
the  Gospel.  After  two  years,  finding  that  his  health 
was  not  adequate  to  the  duties  of  the  office,  he  left  the 
pulpit  and  entered  upon  the  study  of  medicine.  About 
1760  he  was  appointed  Professor  of  Mathematics  in 
Philadelphia  College  (now  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania), but  continued  his  medical  studies,  which,  after 
1764,  were  completed  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh, 
in  London,  and  at  Utrecht. 

Dr.  Williamson  practised  medicine  in  Philadelphia 
during  which  he  served  as  a  ruling  elder  in  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church.     In  1768  he  was  chosen  a  mem- 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  267 

ber  of  the  American  Philosophical  Society.  In  1770 
he  published  "  Observations  on  Climate"  in  the  "Ameri- 
can Philosophical  Transactions."  In  1772  he  visited 
the  West  Indies  to  collect  contributions  in  aid  of  the 
Academy  at  !N'ewark,  Del.  In  1773  he  went  with  Rev. 
John  Ewing  to  Europe  to  solicit  further  aid  for  this 
Institution.  On  his  return  to  this  country  he  settled 
at  Eden  ton,  E".  C.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  served 
as  a  representative  of  Edenton  in  the  House  of  Com- 
mons of  North  Carolina.  He  was  next  sent  to  Congress 
from  "  the  old  North  State,"  where  he  continued  for 
three  years,  as  long  a  term  as  the  law  at  that  time 
allowed.  He  was  a  member  on  that  memorable  occa- 
sion, December  23,  1783,  when  "Washington,  at  Anna- 
polis, tendered  his  commission  and  claimed  the 
indulgence  of  retiring  from  the  public  service,  and  his 
fine  commanding  figure  is  prominent  in  the  grand  pic- 
ture of  this  sublime  scene,  which  was  painted  by  Trum- 
bull, and  which  now  adorns  the  rotunda  of  the  Capitol 
at  Washington.  In  1786  he  was  one-of  the  few  delegates 
sent  to  Annapolis  to  revise  and  amend  the  Articles  of 
Confederation  of  the  Union,  and  in  1787  he  was  a 
delegate  from  North  Carolina  to  the  Convention  which 
framed  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States.  He  was 
a  zealous  advocate  of  the  new  Constitution,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  State   Convention   which   adopted  it. 


268  PRESBYTERY 

He  served  in  the  first  and  second  Congress,  and  then 
declined  a  re-election. 

In  1789  Dr.  Williamson  removed  to  the  city  of  'New 
York,  where  he  continued  industriously  to  write  on 
various  philosophical  subjects,  was  an  advocate  of  the 
great  'New  York  canal  system,  an  active  promoter  of 
philanthropic,  literary  and  scientific  institutions,  and  in 
1812  gave  to  the  world  his  "History  of  ^N'orth  Caro- 
lina." He  died  May  22,  1819.  He  was  an  ornament  to 
his  country,  and  one  of  the  most  eminent  and  useful 
men  which  it  has  yet  produced.  An  interesting  memoir 
of  him  was  prepared  and  published  by  the  distinguished 
Dr.  Hosack,  of  New  York,  and  has  now  a  place  in 
the  Transactions  of  the  New  York  Historical  Society. 

Robert  Patterson,  LL.D.,  the  fourth  Director  of 
the  United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  was  born  in 
the  Province  of  Ulster,  Ireland,  May  30,  1743.  Al- 
though his  opportunities  for  education  were  very 
limited,  he  was  enabled,  principally  by  his  energies,  to 
acquire  a  solid  foundation  of  learning,  especially  in 
mathematics  and  physical  science.  He  emigrated  to 
America  in  1768,  where  he  found  employment  as  a 
teacher.  He  was  engaged  in  that  capacity  as  Principal 
of  the  Academy  at  Wilmington,  Delaware.  When  the 
war  of  the  Revolution  broke  out,  Mr.  Patterson,  while 
a  mere  youth,  had  acquired  some  knowledge  of  the 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  269 

military  art  while  acting  as  a  volunteer  for  the  defence 
of  Ireland  against  a  threatened  French  invasion.  Ar- 
dently devoted  to  the  cause  of  the  Colonies,  he  now 
tendered  his  services  as  a  military  instructor,  and  after- 
wards entered  the  Revolutionary  army,  where  he  acted 
in  the  various  capacities  of  Adjutant,  Assistant  Sur- 
geon, and  Brigade  Major.  He  continued  in  the  service 
until  after  the  evacuation  of  Philadelphia  and  'New 
Jersey.  In  1779  he  was  elected  Professor  of  Mathe- 
matics in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  which  posi- 
tion he  occupied  until  the  year  1814.  "  Arduous  as 
were  his  duties  in  the  University"  (we  quote  from  a 
memoir  by  Chief  Justice  Tilghman)  "  he  found  time 
for  other  useful  employments.  Being  highly  esteemed 
by  his  fellow-citizens,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
Select  Council  of  Philadelphia,  of  which  he  was  chosen 
President  in  1799.  In  the  year  1805  he  received  from 
President  Jeiferson,  with  whom  he  had  been  in  habits 
of  friendship,  the  appointment  of  Director  of  the  Mint. 
This  office  he  filled  with  great  reputation,  until  his  last 
ilhiess,  when  he  resigned."  He  died  soon  after,  in 
Philadelphia,  on  the  22d  of  July,  1824,  in  his  eighty- 
second  year. 

Mr.  Patterson  occupied  a  high  position  in  his  adopted 
country,  and  was  on  terms  of  intimacy  and  correspond- 
ence with  many  of  its  leading  men  in  learning  and 
science.     He  took  an  active  part  in  the  proceedings  of 


270  PRESBYTERY 

the  American  Philosophical  Society,  of  which  he  finally 
became  President,  and  communicated  several  scientific 
papers  to  its  Transactions.  He  was  the  author  of  a 
Treatise  on  Arithmetic,  and  edited  several  works  on 
science.  In  manners,  Mr.  Patterson  was  dignified,  but 
attable.  His  religious  convictions  were  sincere,  and 
bore  fruit  in  his  daily  life.  He  was  long  an  elder  in 
the  Presbyterian  Church.  The  portrait  of  him  in  the 
Mint  Cabinet  is  copied  from  the  excellent  original  by 
Eembrandt  Peale. 

Alexander  Henry,  Esq.,  was  born  in  the  north  of 
Ireland,  June,  1766.  He  came  to  Philadelphia  in  1783, 
then  eighteen  years  of  age,  and  at  once  engaged  as  a 
clerk  in  the  dry -goods  trade,  in  which  he  soon  achieved 
the  honors  and  emoluments  of  a  successful  commission 
merchant.  He  united  with  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church,  Philadelphia,  August  4, 1803,  and  was  ordained 
a  ruling  elder  in  the  same  church,  January,  1818.  In 
June,  1832,  when  the  Central  Presbyterian  Church  was 
organized,  Mr.  Henry's  name  was  standing  at  the  head 
of  the  list  of  its  members.  He  was  one  of  its  first  two 
ruling  elders,  the  first  president  of  its  Trustees,  and  one 
of  the  most  liberal  contributors  to  its  support.  June 
7,  1831,  he  was  elected  President  of  the  Board  of  Edu- 
cation, w^hich  position,  amid  many  days  of  trial  to  the 
cause,  he  very  ably  filled  for  sixteen  years,  until  the 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  271 

(lay  of  Lis  death,  August  13,  1847,  in  the  eighty-second 
year  of  his  age.  As  a  Christian  merchant,  as  a  ruling 
elder,  as  a  Sabbath-school  teacher,  as  a  distributor  of 
religious  tracts — first  introduced  by  him  into  America 
—as  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Education,  of  the 
House  of  Refuge,  of  the  Magdalen  Society,  and  of  the 
American  Sunday- School  Union,  Mr.  Henry  won  the 
esteem  of  his  colleagues,  and  the  love  and  admiration 
of  all  for  whom  he  labored.  Long  before  the  organ- 
ization of  the  Board  of  Education,  he  generously  as- 
sisted pious  youths  in  their  preparation  for  the  gospel 
ministry.     The  life  of  such  a  man  is  his  best  eulogy. 

Matthew  L.  Bevan,  Esq.,  was  born  at  Old  Chester, 
Delaware  County,  Pa.,  August  23,  1777.  He  was  for 
many  years  a  commission  and  shipping  merchant — the 
leading  member  of  the  firm  of  Bevan  &  Humphreys. 
His  early  religious  training  was  among  the  Quakers, 
but  he  was  baptized  and  received  into  the  Church  under 
the  ministry  of  Dr.  J.  J.  Janeway,  then  pastor  of  the 
Second  Presbyterian  Church,  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Bevan 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Central  Presbyterian 
Church  of  that  city,  and  was  made  a  ruling  elder  with 
Messrs.  Alexander  Henry  and  Matthew  Xewkirk. 
Through  the  influence  of  Dr.  John  Breckenridge,  then 
Corresponding  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Education, 
Mr.   Bevan,  who  was  long  and  intimately  connected 


272  PRESBYTERY 

with  him  in  educational  labors,  was  chosen  his  successor 
in  the  Presidency  of  the  Board,  September  2,  1847, 
which  position  he  filled  with  great  acceptance  until  his 
death,  December  11,  1849.  His  hospitality  was  large, 
and  his  generosity  constant  towards  young  men  strug- 
gling to  fit  themselves  for  the  work  of  the  ministry. 

Joseph  P.  Engles,  Esq.,  the  son  of  Silas  and  Annie 
(Patterson)  Engles,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
January  3,  1793,  and  graduated  at  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  in  1811.  In  1813  he  was  appointed  co- 
master  of  the  Grammar  School  of  that  institution.  In 
1817  he  was  associated  with  Samuel  B.  Wylie,  D.D.,in 
conducting  an  academy,  and  after  Dr.  Wylie's  with- 
drawal from  it,  it  was  under  his  sole  charge  for  twenty- 
eight  years.  In  February,  1845,  Mr.  Engles  was  elected 
by  the  Board  of  Publication  as  its  Publishing  Agent, 
and  in  this  position  realized  the  expectations  of  the 
friends  of  the  Board.  He  was  an  elder  in  the  Scots 
Presbyterian  Church  until  the  time  of  his  death,  April 
14,  1861.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  varied  literary 
acquirements,  and  of  signal  affability  and  kindness. 
The  spiritual  element  of  his  character  was  pre-eminent, 
it  entered  into  his  daily  life  and  w^alk,  it  permeated  all 
he  said  and  did,  to  visit  the  widow  and  the  fatherless, 
and  keep  himself  unspotted  from  the  world,  was  his 
earnest  desire,  and  fully  was  it  realized. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  273 

Matthias  W.  Baldwin  was  bom  in  Elizabethtown, 
N.  J.,  December  10, 1795.  From  early  childhood  he 
exhibited  a  remarkable  fondness  for  mechanical  con- 
trivances. He  learned  the  business  of  manufacturing 
jewelry  in  Frankford,  Pa.,  and  in  1819  commenced  it 
on  his  own  account  in  Philadelphia,  but  in  consequence 
of  financial  difficulties,  and  the  trade  becoming 
depressed,  soon  abandoned  it.  His  attention  was  then 
drawn  to  the  invention  of  machinery,  and  one  of  his 
first  efforts  in  this  direction  was  a  machine  whereby  the 
process  of  gold-plating  was  greatly  simplified.  He  next 
turned  his  attention  to  the  manufacture  of  book- 
binders' tools,  to  supersede  those  which  had  been,  up  to 
that  time,  of  foreign  production,  and  the  enterprise 
was  a  success.  He  next  invented  the  cylinder  for 
printing  calicoes,  which  had  always  been  previously 
done  by  hand-presses,  and  he  revolutionized  the  entire 
business.  When  the  first  locomotive  engine  in 
America,  imported  by  the  Camden  and  Amboy  Rail- 
road Company  in  1830,  arrived,  he  examined  it  carefully, 
and  resolved  to  construct  one  after  his  own  ideas.  At 
the  earnest  request  of  Franklin  Peale,  proprietor  of  the 
Philadelphia  Museum,  he  undertook  to  build  a  minia- 
ture engine  for  exhibition.  His  only  guide  in  this 
work  consisted  of  a  few  imperfect  sketches  of  the  one 
he  had  examined,  aided  by  descriptions  of  those  in  use 
on  the  Liverpool  and  Manchester  Railway.     He  success- 


274  PRESBYTERY 

fully  accomplished  the  task,  and  on  the  25th  of  April, 
1831,  the  miniature  locomotive  was  running  over  a 
track  in  the  Museum  rooms,  a  portion  of  this  track 
being  laid  on  the  floors  of  the  transepts,  and  the  bal- 
ance passing  over  trestle  work  in  the  naves  of  the 
building.  Two  small  cars  holding  four  persons  were 
attached  to  it,  and  the  novelty  attracted  immense 
crowds. 

Having  received  an  order  to  construct  a  road  loco- 
motive for  the  Germantown  Eailroad,  the  work  was 
accomplished,  and  on  its  trial  trip,  ^N'ovember  28, 1832, 
the  engine  proved  a  success.  It  weighed  five  tons,  and 
was  sold  for  three  thousand  five  hundred  dollars.  In 
1834  he  constructed  an  engine  for  the  South  Carolina 
Railroad,  and  also  one  for  the  Pennsylvania  State  Line, 
running  from  Philadelphia  to  Columbia.  The  latter 
w^eighed  seventeen  thousand  pounds,  and  drew  at  one 
time  nineteen  loaded  cars.  This  was  such  an  unpre- 
cedented performance  that  the  State  Legislature  at  once 
ordered  several  additional  ones,  and  two  more  were 
completed  and  delivered  during  the  same  year,  and  he 
also  constructed  one  for  the  Philadelphia  and  Trenton 
Railroad.  In  1835  he  built  fourteen,  in  1836  forty. 
His  success  was  now  assured,  and  his  works  became 
the  largest  in  the  United  States,  perhaps  in  the  world. 
Engines  were  shipped  to  every  quarter  of  the  globe, 
even  to  England,  where  they  had  been  invented,  and 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  275 

the  name  of  Balckviii  grew  as  familiar  as  a  household 
word.  Mr.  Baldwin  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Franklin  Institute.  He  was  an  exemplary  Christian, 
and  a  very  useful  elder  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
He  gave  very  liberally  and  cheerfully  of  his  large  means 
for  the  cause  of  Christ.  His  name  is  held  in  honored 
remembrance  in  the  community  in  which  he  lived.  His 
death  occurred  September  7, 1866. 

Charles  Macalester,  merchant  and  banker,  was 
born  in  Philadelphia  February  17,  1798.  He  received 
a  liberal  education,  first  at  Grey  and  Wylie's  School, 
and  afterwards  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 
While  at  the  latter  institution,  during  the  war  of  1812, 
when  fifteen  years  of  age,  he  commanded  a  company  of 
forty  boys,  who  worked  for  two  days  assisting  to  make 
the  fortifications  upon  the  west  side  of  the  Schuylkill. 
Early  in  life  he  embarked  in  mercantile  pursuits,  and 
in  1821  removed  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he  remained 
until  1827  when  he  returned  to  Philadelphia,  and  com- 
menced business  there,  amassing  a  large  fortune.  He 
retired  from  active  business  in  1849,  occupying  himself 
subsequently  with  his  private  affairs,  and  various  trusts, 
and  executorships.  He  died  December  9,  1873, 
regretted  by  an  unusually  wdde  circle  of  friends  and 
acquaintances. 

Mr.  Macalester  was  one  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Pea- 


276  PRESBYTERY 

body  Education  Fund  from  its  first  institution.  He 
was  also  President  of  the  St.  Andrew's  Society,  and  of 
the  Orthopedic  Hospital,  a  director  (from  the  time  of 
its  organization)  of  the  Fidelity  Insurance,  Trust  and 
Safe  Deposit  Company,  of  the  Presbyterian  Hospital, 
and  of  the  Insurance  Company  of  the  State  of  Penn- 
sylvania, of  which  latter  company  his  father  had  been 
President.  In  1873  he  gave  for  the  establishment  of 
a  college  in  Minneapolis  a  valuable  property,  consisting 
of  a  large  building  with  extensive  grounds  attached, 
then  named  by  the  Trustees  the  "  Macalester  College," 
and  also  confirmed  the  same  by  his  will. 

Eminently  successful  himself  in  all  his  undertakings, 
Mr.  Macalester  was  always  ready  to  aid  by  his  advice, 
and  by  active  assistance,  those  who  were  beginning 
life's  battle  or  struggling  with  adversity.  Unobtrusive 
in  all  he  did,  generous  in  every  sense  of  the  word,  he 
was  universally  beloved  and  honored.  His  private 
character  was  one  of  the  greatest  purity,  unselfishness 
and  loveliness,  charitable  in  all  his  judgments,  and 
indulgent  to  the  weaknesses  and  faults  of  others,  no 
harsh  comments  or  unkind  aspersions  ever  passed  his 
lips.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was  a  faithful  elder  of 
the  Second  Presbyterian  Church. 

H.  Lenox  Hodge,  M.D.,  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
July  30,  1836.     His  father  was  the  eminent  Physician, 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  277 

Dr.  Hugh  L.  Hodge.  He  received  a  collegiate  educa- 
tion, which  terminated  in  1855,  in  his  native  city,  and 
afterwards  studied  medicine  at  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  graduated  in  1858.  In  the  Fall  of 
the  same  year  he  became  resident  physician  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Hospital,  retaining  that  office  till  the 
spring  of  1860,  when  he  opened  an  office  for  the  prac- 
tice of  medicine  in  Philadelphia.  He  was  appointed 
Demonstrator  of  Surgery  in  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, and,  in  1861,  commenced  giving  instruction  to 
private  classes,  on  Chestnut  Street,  between  Ninth  and 
Tenth  streets,  and  subsequently  lectured  in  Chant 
Street,  on  Anatomy  and  Operative  Surgery.  In  1870 
he  was  appointed  Demonstrator  of  Anatomy  in  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  and  was,  for  nearly  ten 
years,  attending  surgeon  at  the  Children's  Hospital. 
At  the  opening  of  the  Presbyterian  Hospital,  in  1872, 
he  was  appointed  attending  surgeon  to  that  institution. 
Dr.  Hodge,  by  his  talents,  industry,  integrity,  and  en- 
ergy, attained  a  high  rank  in  his  profession.  He  was 
a  gentleman  of  polished  address  and  peculiar  benevo- 
lence. For  a  number  of  years  he  was  an  exemplary, 
active,  and  useful  ruling  elder  in  the  Second  Presby- 
terian Church.  Removed  by  death,  in  the  midst  of 
his  years,  June  10,  1881,  he  bore  his  last  and  lingering 
illness  with  marked  resignation,  and  left  the  record  of 
one  who  had  adorned  all  the  relations  of  life  by  his 


278  PRESBYTERY 

cultivated  intellect,  kind  disposition,  and  exemplary 
Christian  character.  At  the  time  of  his  decease  he  was 
a  member  of  many  medical  societies  and  associations. 

Matthew  Newkirk  was  of  a  Huguenot  family,  from 
the  south  of  Holland,  the  ancient  form  of  the  name 
being  Van  Nieukierck.  He  was  born.  May  31,  1794, 
in  Pittsgrove,  Salem  County,  ]^ew  Jersey.  At  the  age 
of  sixteen  he  came  to  Philadelphia,  where  he  became 
clerk  and  salesman  in  a  dry-goods  house.  When  the 
city  was  threatened  by  an  English  fleet,  and  the 
"Washington  Guards"  were  enrolled  for  its  defence, 
he  attached  himself  to  them,  and  went  into  camp  near 
Wilmington,  Delaware  (1815).  After  the  restoration 
of  peace  he  entered  into  mercantile  business,  and  soon 
succeeded  in  building  up  a  considerable  wholesale  trade. 
Various  business  connections  were  formed  from  time  to 
time  until  his  retirement  from  active  mercantile  life  in 
1839.  Mr.  K'ewkirk  was  a  Director  of  the  United 
States  Bank,  with  his  friend,  the  Hon.  !N'icholas  Bid- 
die,  and  entered  with  the  most  earnest  zeal  into  the 
construction  of  the  Philadelphia,  Wilmington,  and 
Baltimore  Railroad,  the  first  President  of  which  he 
was,  and  which  may  almost  be  said  to  owe  to  him  its 
very  existence,  certainly  its  completion  at  that  early 
day.  A  marble  monument,  erected  in  testimony  to  his 
success  in  this  work,  may  still  be  seen  on  the  line  of 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  279 

the  road  at  Gray's  Ferry,  on  the  west  bank  of  the 
Schuylkill,  below  Philadelphia.  The  Little  Schuylkill 
J^avigation  Railroad  and  Coal  Company  owes  much  of 
its  present  prosperous  condition  to  his  energy  and 
perseverance.  The  same  may  be  said  of  the  Cambria 
Iron  "Works,  at  Johnstown,  Pa.,  in  which  he  became 
interested  about  1854. 

Mr.  I^ewkirk's  interest  in  projects  of  social  and  re- 
ligious improvement  equaled  that  in  plans  of  industrial 
progress.  Throughout  life  he  was  an  earnest  friend  of 
the  Temperance  Cause.  For  years  he  acted  as  President 
of  the  Female  Medical  College  of  Pennsylvania.  The 
Polytechnic  College  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  almost 
owes  its  existence  to  his  liberality  and  energy.  For 
thirty-four  years  he  was  an  active  Trustee  of  the  College 
of  Kew  Jersey.  In  1832  he  united  himself  with  the 
Central  Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  he  was  for  many 
years  a  deacon,  trustee,  and  ruling  elder,  as  well  as 
General  Superintendent  of  the  Sabbath-School.  He 
was  also  a  Trustee  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  for  twelve  years  its  treasurer. 
Official  trusts  in  the  Boards  of  Publication,  Education^ 
and  Domestic  Missions  were  also  confided  to  him,  and 
the  Pennsylvania  State  Sabbath  Association  elected  him 
its  President.  Mr.  !N"ewkirk  was  a  gentleman  of  plea- 
sing address  and  affiable  spirit,  generous,  hospitable, 
and  useful.      He  was  greatly  respected  by  the  com- 


280  PRESBYTERY 

munity  in  which  his  life  was  mainly  spent,  and  by  the 
church  which  he  so  long  and  faithfully  served.  His 
death  occurred  May  31,  1868. 

John  S.  Hart,  LL.D.,  was  born  in  Old  Stockbridge, 
Mass.,  January  28, 1810.  In  the  Fall  of  1827  he  entered 
the  Sophomore  Class  of  the  College  of  ^ew  Jersey,  and 
graduated  in  1830,  w^ith  the  first  honors  of  his  class. 
After  graduation  he  taught  one  year  in  the  Academy 
at  IS'atchez,  Miss.,  and  in  the  Fall  of  1831  entered  the 
Theological  Seminary  at  Princeton.  During  the  last 
two  years  of  his  attendance  at  the  Seminary,  he  acted 
as  tutor  in  the  College,  and  in  1834  he  was  appointed 
adjunct  Professor  of  Ancient  Languages.  Mr.  Hart 
was  licensed  to  preach  the  gospel  by  the  Presbytery  of 
New  Brunswick  in  1835,  but  in  the  following  year  he 
was  induced  to  become  proprietor  of  Edgehill  School, 
and  regarding  it  as  a  permanent  field  of  usefulness,  re- 
quested the  Presbytery  to  take  back  his  license,  which 
was  formally  cancelled.  Professor  Hart  retained  the 
charge  of  this  school  until  1842,  when  he  was  elected 
Principal  of  the  Philadelphia  High  School.  He  found 
this  institution  in  a  state  of  feebleness,  and  placed  it  on 
a  solid  foundation  of  discipline,  accomplishments,  and 
popular  confidence,  making  it  a  representative  Ameri- 
can Institution.  Resigning  this  position  in  1859,  he 
became   editor  of  the   periodicals    published   by   the 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  281 

American  Sunday-School  Union,  and  in  this  connection 
he  began  the  Sunday  School  Times.  In  1862  he  was 
elected  Principal  of  the  ^ew  Jersey  State  ITormal 
School  at  Trenton,  and  held  that  position  with  dis- 
tinguished usefulness  and  success  until  February,  1871. 
From  1864  to  1870  he  also  gave  courses  of  lectures  on 
English  Literature  in  Princeton  College.  In  1872  he 
was  elected  Professor  of  Belles  Lettres  and  English 
Literature  in  Princeton  College,  which  chair  he  filled 
two  years,  returning,  near  the  end  of  1874,  to  Phila- 
delphia, where,  engaged  in  literary  pursuits,  he  resided 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  March  26,  1877.  He 
was  an  elder  of  the  West  Spruce  Street  Church. 

Professor  Hart  was  a  man  of  quiet  and  retiring  man- 
ners, yet  social  and  sunny  in  his  temperament,  an  en- 
thusiast in  the  cause  of  education,  a  devoted  Sabbath- 
School  worker,  of  elegant  culture,  accurate  and  wide 
scholarship,  author  of  many  volumes,  and  possessing 
great  force  and  earnestness  of  mind.  But,  above  all,  he 
was  an  humble,  consistent,  and  devout  Christian, 
always  seeking,  like  his  Master,  to  do  good. 

Hon.  Geokge  Sharswood,  LL.D.,  was  born  in  Phila- 
delphia, July  7, 1810,  graduated  at  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  September  5, 1831.  He  served  three  years  in  the 
Pennsylvania  Legislature,  of  which  he  was  a  prominent 
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282  PRESBYTERY 

and  influential  member.  In  1845  he  was  made  a  Judge 
of  the  District  Court,and  was  President  Judge  from  1851 
to  1867,  when  he  was  elected  an  Associate  Judge  of  the 
State.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was  Chief  Justice  of 
the  Supreme  Court,  and  when,  with  the  close  of  1882, 
his  term  ended,  concluding  thirtj-seven  years  and  nine 
months  of  continuous  judicial  service,  he  received  from 
the  Philadelphia  Bar  a  public  testimonial  which  was 
worthy  of  the  lustre  which  his  eminent  record  had  re- 
flected upon  his  State. 

The  degree  of  LL.D.  was  conferred  upon  Judge 
Sharswood  by  the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York, 
and  also  by  Columbia  College.  In  1850  he  was  ap- 
pointed Professor  of  Law  in  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  he  filled  this  position  a  number  of  years 
with  signal  success.  He  contributed  largely  to  the 
literature  of  the  science  by  his  works,  as  well  as  by  his 
numerous  decisions.  In  1834  he  published  the  first 
paper  of  his  series  on  the  Revised  Code  of  Pennsylvania 
in  the  American  Quarterly  for  June  of  that  year. 
Within  a  twelvemonth  he  was  elected  one  of  the  Vice- 
Provosts  of  the  Philadelphia  Law  Academy.  Soon 
afterward  he  published  an  American  edition  of  "  Roscoe 
on  Criminal  Evidence,"  enriched  with  notes  and  ref- 
erences. His  report  on  the  afiairs  of  the  United  States 
Bank  appeared  in  four  closely  printed  columns  of  the 
United  States  Gazette  of  April  8, 1841.     In  1843  he  be- 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  283 

came  editor  of  the  American  Law  Magazine.  In  1844 
he  gave  to  the  legal  world  editions  of  Stephens'  "  Kisi 
Prius,"  and  "  Russell  on  Crimes."  In  1852  he  published 
the  first  of  five  annual  editions  of  "  Byles  on  Bills," 
and  the  next  year  undertook  the  work  of  editing  the 
successive  volumes  of  the  English  Common  Law  Re- 
ports, republished  in  Philadelphia,  for  the  use  of  the 
American  Bar — a  labor  which  he  continued  from 
volume  65  to  volume  90,  inclusive.  In  1854,  the  year 
he  was  elected  Provost  of  the  Law  Academy,  he  pub- 
lished his  absorbing  work  on  "  Professional  Ethics," 
followed,  two  years  later,  by  his  "  Popular  Lectures  on 
Commercial  Law,"  originally  prepared  for  the  students 
of  a  business  college.  The  ensuing  years  were  devoted 
to  the  work  which  may  be  regarded  as  the  culminating 
achievement  of  his  literary  life,  and  through  which  he 
became  most  quickly  and  widely  known.  This  was  his 
great  edition  of  Blackstone's  Commentaries,  enriched 
with  his  own  annotations.  The  work,  important  as  it 
was,  met  with  instant  and  universal  acceptance  from  one 
end  of  the  Union  to  the  other.  It  was  made  the  text- 
book in  all  the  law  schools  in  the  United  States,  and  was 
pronounced  by  the  most  eminent  instructors  in  the  law 
the  best  edition  of  Blackstone  ever  put  before  the  public. 
Judge  Sharswood  was  for  many  years  an  elder  of  the 
Tabernacle  Church,  and  one  of  the  Trustees  of  the 
General   Assembly.      He  was  a  gentleman  of  great 


284  PRESBYTERY 

suavity  of  disposition  and  pleasing  address.  He  adorned, 
by  bis  ability  and  integrity,  every  position  be  occupied, 
and  justly  enjoyed  in  tbe  bigbest  degree,  tbe  confidence 
and  esteem  of  all  wbo  knew  bim.  As  a  lawyer,  be 
was  second  to  none  in  tbe  bistory  of  tbe  American  Bar. 
He  died  May  28, 1883. 

David  Rittenhouse,  LL.D.  Tbis  eminent  matbema- 
tician  was  born  at  Germantown,  Pa.,  April  8,  1732.. 
His  ancestors  were  emigrants  from  Holland.  He  was 
employed  during  tbe  early  part  of  his  life  in  agricul- 
ture, and  occupied  bimself  babitually  at  tbat  period 
w^itb  matbematical  studies.  Wbile  residing  witb  bis 
fatber  be  made  bimself  master  of  "  Newton's  Prin- 
cipia,"  by  an  Englisb  translation,  and  also  discovered 
tbe  science  of  Fluxions,  of  wbicb  be  for  a  long  time 
supposed  bimself  to  be  tbe  first  inventor.  His  consti- 
tution being  too  feeble  for  an  agricultural  life,  be 
became  a  clock  and  matbematical  instrument  maker, 
and,  witbout  tbe  aid  of  an  instructor,  produced  work 
superior  to  tbat  of  tbe  foreign  artists.  He  also  con- 
tinued and  erected  an  orrery  mucb  more  complete  tban 
any  wbicb  bad  been  before  constructed. 

In  1770  be  removed  to  Pbiladelpbia,  and  employed 
bimself  in  bis  trade.  He  w^as  elected  a  member  of  tbe 
American  Pbilosopbical  Society  of  tbat  city,  and  one 
of    tbe  number  appointed   to  observe   tbe   transit   of 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  285 

Yenus  in  1769,  an  account  of  which  he  communicated 
to  the  Society.  His  excitement  was  so  great  on  per- 
ceiving the  contact  of  that  planet  with  the  sun  at  the 
moment  predicted  that  he  fainted.  He  was  one  of  the 
commissioners  employed  to  determine  the  boundary  line 
between  Pennsylvania  and  Virginia,  and  between  ]^ew 
York  and  Massachusetts.  He  held  the  office  of  Treasurer 
of  Pennsylvania  from  1777  to  1789.  In  1791  he  was 
chosen  Presi<lent  of  the  American  Philosophical 
Society,  and  held  the  place  till  his  death,  which  occurred 
June  26, 1796.  He  was  also  in  1792  appointed  Director 
of  the  United  States  Mint,  and  continued  in  the  office 
till  1795,  when  ill  health  induced  him  to  resign.  Dr. 
Benjamin  Rush,  in  his  eulogium  of  him  before  the 
American  Philosophical  Society,  said,  "  He  died  like  a 
Christian,  interested  in  the  welfare  of  all  around  him, 
believing  in  the  resurrection  and  the  life  to  come,  and 
hoping  for  happiness  from  every  attribute  of  the  Deity." 
The  grave  of  Dr.  R,ittenhouse  is  among  those  of 
distinguished  men  filling  the  burial-ground  of  the  Old 
Pine  Street  Presbyterian  Church,  Philadelphia. 

Elias  BouDiNOT,  LL.D.,  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
May  2,  1740.  His  parents  were  connected  with  the 
Second  Church,  and  he  was  himself  a  prominent  and 
useful  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  After  a 
classical    education,  he   studied    law  under    Pichard 


286  PRESBYTERY 

Stockton,  and  soon  after  entering  on  the  practice  of 
his  profession  in  Xew  Jersey  rose  to  distinction.  He 
early  espoused  the  cause  of  his  country.  In  1777 
Congress  appointed  him  Commissary  General  of  Pen- 
sioners, and  in  the  same  year  he  was  elected  a  delegate 
to  Congress,  of  which  body  he  was  elected  the  Presi- 
dent in  November,  1782.  In  that  capacity  he  put  his 
signature  to  the  treaty  of  peace.  He  returned  to  the 
profession  of  the  law,  but  was  again  elected  to  Congress, 
under  the  new  Constitution,  in  1789,  and  was  continued 
a  member  of  the  House  six  years.  In  1796  Washington 
appointed  him  the  Director  of  the  Mint  of  the  United 
States,  as  the  successor  of  E-ittenhouse.  In  this  office 
he  continued  until  1805,  when  he  resigned  it,  and,  re- 
tiring from  Philadelphia,  passed  the  remainder  of  his 
life  at  Burlington,  N'ew  Jersey.  He  died  October  24, 
1821,  aged  eighty-one. 

Hon.  Joel  Jones  was  born  in  Coventry,  Conn.,  in 
1795.  He  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1817,  and  soon 
after  settled  in  Philadelphia,  in  the  practice  of  law. 
He  was  a  man  of  large  legal  knowledge.  He  did  good 
service  to  the  State  as  one  of  the  revisers  of  its  civil 
code,  and  some  of  the  reports  of  the  commissioners, 
which  make  the  most  important  suggestions,  were 
written  by  him.  Some  parts  of  the  new  system  were 
remodelled  and  rewritten  exclusively  by  him,  as,  for 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  287 

example,  the  disposition  of  the  estates  of  intestates,  and 
having  been  passed  by  the  Legislature  without  the 
change  of  a  word,  they  have  scarcely  been  touched 
down  to  the  present  day.  He  was  subsequently  ap- 
pointed an  Associate  Judge,  and  then  President  Judge 
of  the  District  Court  of  Philadelphia,  and  his  memory 
is  yet  cherished  by  the  Bar  of  that  city  and  the  com- 
munity, who  remember  the  firm,  impartial,  and  digni- 
fied, but  kindly  manner  in  which  the  law  was  adminis- 
tered by  him  as  a  judicial  magistrate. 

Girard  College  never  did  a  better  thing  than  when  it 
made  Judge  Jones  its  first  President,  and  the  career  of 
usefulness  on  which  that  institution  entered  is  largely 
due  to  the  wise  manner  in  which  he  interpreted  the 
will  of  Mr.  Girard  and  the  legal  provisions  concerning 
it.  In  a  few  years  he  seemed  to  have  found  the  oflice 
of  President  irksome,  and  returned  to  his  favorite  pur- 
suit of  studying  and  practising  the  law.  Immediately 
thereupon  he  was  nominated  as  a  candidate  for  Mayor 
of  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  and  was  elected  by  a  large 
popular  vote.  On  retiring  from  this  office  he  returned 
again  to  the  law,  and  the  force  of  his  speech  and  pen 
was  frequently  felt  in  the  courts.  He  also  wrote  for 
the  magazines  of  the  day,  on  literary,  philosophic,  and 
religious  subjects.  The  volume  published  after  his 
death,  which  he  modestly  entitled  "  JSTotes  on  Scrip- 
ture," will  long  attest  the  thought  which  he  gave  to 


288  PRESBYTERY 

the  profoundest  themes  with  which  the  human  mind 
can  become  conversant.  Judge  Jones  was  a  most  ex- 
emplary Christian,  and  an  active  and  useful  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  died  February  3,  1860, 
at  the  age  of  sixty-five. 

Hugh  L.  Hodge,  M.D.,  was  the  son  of  Dr.  Hugh 
Hodge,  of  Philadelphia.  His  mother  was  Mary 
Blanchard,  of  Boston.  He  was  horn  in  Philadelphia 
June  27, 1796.  When  he  was  two  years  old  his  father 
died,  leaving  Mrs.  Hodge  in  very  limited  circumstances 
with  two  infants,  the  younger  being  Charles  Hodge, 
then  only  six  months  old.  These  little  lads  owed  much 
to  their  mother,  who  for  years  devoted  all  of  her  ener- 
gies to  them.  She  had  the  satisfaction  of  living  to  see 
them  both  successfully  engaged  in  their  professions,  and 
giving  clear  evidence  that  they  would  attain  the  high 
positions  in  each  that  they  afterwards  did.  The  boys 
were  educated  in  Philadelphia  and  Somerville,  and 
graduated  from  Princeton  College.  Hugh  L.  Hodge 
studied  medicine  in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  in  1820  began  to  practice  in  Philadelphia.  The 
next  year  he  taught  the  Anatomical  Class  of  Dr. 
Horner,  who  was  then  in  Europe.  In  1823  he  was 
appointed  to  a  lectureship  on  surgery  in  a  school  which 
afterwards  became  the  "  Medical  Institute."  In  1835 
he  was  elected  Professor  of  Obstetrics  in  the  University 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  289 

of  Pennsylvania ;  he  retained  the  position  until  1863. 
IsTo  teacher  ever  gave  a  more  thorough  or  a  more  con- 
scientious course  of  lectures.  The  strong  feature  of 
his  teaching  was  not  to  display  knowledge,  hut  to 
impart  it.  His  resignation  was  occasioned  by  his 
failure  of  vision.  With  the  aid  of  an  amanuensis  and 
his  son  he  was  able  to  prepare  several  important 
medical  works  for  the  press. 

He  had  seven  sons,  of  whom  five  survived  him. 
Four  entered  the  ministry,  and  one,  bearing  his  father's 
name,  studied  medicine. 

Dr.  Hodge's  grandfather,  Andrew  Hodge,  took  a 
prominent  part  in  the  organization  of  the  Second  Pres- 
byterian Church  of  Philadelphia.  In  this  church  Dr. 
Hodge  was  born  and  continued  until  his  death.  He 
professed  his  faith  in  1830.  As  a  church  member  no 
one  showed  a  greater  consistency,  a  broader  philan- 
thropy, a  more  unrestricted  liberality,  or  set  a  brighter 
example  of  loyal  Christian  faith.  He  was  identified 
with  all  the  enterprises  of  the  church.  He  was  elected 
ruling  elder,  but  declined  because  of  his  professional 
engagements  and  the  loss  of  his  eyesight.  When  in 
1868  the  congregation  determined  to  move  from 
Seventh  and  Arch  streets  and  build  on  the  corner  of 
Walnut  and  Twenty-first  streets.  Dr.  Hodge  was 
chosen  chairman  of  the  building  committee  and  labored 
earnestly  to  accomplish  the  result.     He  lived  to  see  the 


290  PRESBYTERY 

beautiful  building  erected,  and  was  present  at  its  dedi- 
cation. He  died  suddenly  of  angina  pectoris  on  the 
26th  of  February,  1873. 

John  A.  Brown  was  born  at  Ballymena  County, 
Ireland,  May  21,  1788.  His  father,  Alexander  Brown, 
a  gentleman  of  good  family  and  large  fortune,  left 
Ireland  in  consequence  of  the  political  agitation,  came 
to  this  country  and  established  himself  at  Baltimore 
about  the  beginning  of  the  present  century.  The  son, 
after  completing  his  education,  and  spending  some  time 
in  his  father's  counting-house,  in  1818  settled  in  Phila- 
delphia and  engaged  in  business  as  an  importing,  job- 
bing, and  general  commission  merchant,  gradually 
becoming  a  banker.  He  soon  attained  a  leading  posi- 
tion in  the  business  community,  and  was  elected  a 
Director  of  the  old  United  States  Bank,  under  the 
presidency  of  Nicholas  Biddle.  In  1838  he  retired 
from  active  business  pursuits,  but  still  continued,  as 
long  as  his  health  would  permit,  to  take  an  influential 
part  in  the  management  of  many  public  institutions. 
He  had  served  as  a  Director  of  the  Philadelphia  Saving 
Fund  Society  from  1827,  in  which  position  he  still  con- 
tinued, his  name  for  many  years  heading  the  list ;  and 
mainly  through  his  influence  the  handsome  and  sub- 
stantial building  at  Seventh  and  Walnut  streets,  in 
which  its  business  is  now  conducted,  was  erected. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  291 

Mr.  Brown  was  always  active  in  religious  and  be- 
nevolent enterprises.  He  acted  for  many  years  as 
President  of  the  American  Sunday-School  Union  and 
of  the  Philadelphia  Sabbath  Association ;  served  as  a 
manager  of  the  Blind  Asylum  ;  was  chiefly  instrumental 
in  connection  with  Henry  Baldwin  in  founding  Calvary 
Presbyterian  Church  (of  which  he  was  a  member),  one 
of  the  largest  and  most  useful  in  the  city,  contributing 
also  the  ground  and  a  large  share  of  the  money  for  the 
chapel,  and,  finally,  crowned  a  long  career  of  usefulness 
and  benevolence  by  donating  three  hundred  thousand 
dollars  to  the  Presbyterian  Hospital,  which  was  founded 
in  West  Philadelphia,  in  1871.  Mr.  Brown  died  in 
Philadelphia,  December  31, 1872,  leaving  an  only  son, 
Alexander  Brown,  of  that  city.  His  generous  charities 
while  living  were  supplemented  by  large  bequests  to 
numerous  public  institutions  by  the  provisions  of  his 
will.  He  was  very  highly  esteemed  in  the  city  of  his 
residence  for  his  integrity,  public  spirit,  and  Christian 
consistency,  and  has  left  the  record  of  an  untarnished 
name  and  an  eminently  useful  life. 

Stephen  Colwell,  Esq.,  was  born  in  Charlestown, 
now  Wellsburgh,  Western  Virginia,  March  25,  1800, 
graduated  at  Jeflferson  College  in  1818,  was  admitted 
to  the  Bar  in  his  native  State  in  1820,  and  pursued  his 
profession  closely  in  a  circuit  embracing  two  counties 


292  PRESBYTERY 

in  Virginia,  two  in  Ohio,  and  two  in  Pennsylvania,  for 
fifteen  years,  residing  during  that  time  seven  years  in 
Ohio,  and  lastly  for  eight  years  in  the  city  of  Pitts- 
burgh.    In  1836  he  removed  to  Philadelphia. 

In  Philadelphia  Mr.  Colwell  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  iron,  and  spent  nearly  all  his  leisure  hours  for 
thirty  years  in  the  study  of  Political  Econom}^,  and  in 
studies  connected  with  it,  and  in  process  of  time  col- 
lected the  largest  library,  perhaps,  in  the  country,  upon 
these  topics.  He  wrote  much  on  this  subject,  begin- 
ning with  a  pamphlet  on  the  "  Removal  of  Deposits  of 
the  United  States,  from  the  Bank  of  the  United  States, 
by  order  of  the  President,"  in  1834.  In  1851  he 
gave  to  the  public  "  ^ew  Themes  for  the  Protestant 
Clergy  ;"  in  1852,  "  Politics  for  American  Christians  ;" 
in  1854,  "  The  Position  of  Christianity  in  the  United 
States ;"  and  in  the  same  year  his  great  work  on  "  The 
Ways  and  Means  of  Commercial  Payment."  Many 
of  his  publications  were  chiefly  directed  to  passing 
events,  and  did  good  service  in  their  day  ;  the  above 
will  be  permanently  useful.  He  made  a  gift  of  his 
library  to  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  in  view 
of  a  Chair  of  Social  Science  being  created  in  that 
institution.  Mr.  Colwell  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  President  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  General  Assembly. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  293 


CHAPTER  X. 

CHURCHES   OF   THE   PRESBYTERY. 
FIRST  CHURCH. 

In  1692  the  Eev.  Francis  Makemie  visited  Phila- 
delphia, and  it  is  probable  that  Presbyterians  were 
gathered  together  and  organized  as  a  congregation  at 
that  time.  Their  first  place  of  worship  was  a  frame 
building  on  the  northwest  corner  of  Second  and  Chest- 
nut Streets,  known  as  "  the  Barbadoes  Warehouse."* 
It  belonged  to  the  Barbadoes  Trading  Company,  and 
had  been  used  by  them  as  a  place  for  the  storage  and 
sale  of  merchandise,  but  had  been  abandoned  on  account 
of  reverses  which  came  upon  the  company. 

In  the  Autumn  of  1698  Mr.  Jedediah  Andrews,  a 
licentiate  from  Massachusetts,  a  graduate  of  Harvard 
College,  began  to  preach  to  them.  He  was  ordained 
and  installed  their  pastor  in  the  Autumn  of  1701,  the 
year  in  which  Philadelphia  received  its  charter  as  a 
city,  and  Edward  Shippen  became  its  Mayor.  The 
place  then  contained  500  houses  and  a  population  of 
5000. 

*  App.  VII. 


294  PRESBYTERY 

In  1704  the  con^reffation  erected  it8    first   Church 


■©'"^o* 


building,  on  the  south  side  of  High  (Market)  Street, 
corner  of  Bank  Street.  It  was  surrounded  by  large 
buttonwood  trees,  from  which  it  came  to  be  known  as 
the  Buttonwood  Church.  It  was  enlarged  in  1729,  re- 
built in  1793,  and  finally  abandoned  on  account  of  the 
encroachments  of  business,  in  1820,  after  it  had  been 
occupied  one  hundred  and  sixteen  years.  The  congre- 
gation then  removed  to  the  church  edifice  it  still 
occupies,  on  Washington  Square.  In  this  first  frame 
church  the  first  American  Presbytery  was  organized  in 
1706. 

The  pastors  of  this  Church  have  been  as  follows : — 
Rev.  Jedediah  Andrews,  1698  to  1747 ;  the  Rev.  Samuel 
Hemphill  was  elected  as  an  assistant  or  colleague  of 
Mr.  Andrews  in  1735,  but  served  in  this  capacity  only 
a  short  time.  In  1739  the  congregation  called  the  Rev. 
Robert  Cross  as  collegiate  pastor  with  Mr.  Andrews. 
Upon  the  death  of  Mr.  Andrews,  in  1747,  Mr.  Cross  con- 
tinued the  pastoral  oflice  until  June  22, 1758,  when  he 
resigned.  During  his  pastorate  the  Rev.  Francis  Alison, 
D.D.,  was  employed,  in  1752,  as  assistant  to  Mr.  Cross, 
and  subsequently,  as  colleague  with  Dr.  Ewing,  until 
his  death.  Rev.  John  Ewing,  D.D.,  was  pastor  from 
1759  to  September  8,  1802.  In  1801  the  congregation 
called  the  Rev.  John  Blair  Linn,  D.D.,  as  colleague, 
and  on  the  death  of  Dr.  Ewing,  in  1802,  he  became 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  295 

sole  pastor  of  the  Church  until  his  death,  August  30, 
1804.  Rev.  James  Patriot  Wilson,  D.D.,  was  pastor 
from  May,  1806,  to  the  Spring  of  1830.  The  Eev. 
Albert  Barnes  was  installed  pastor,  June  25, 1830,  and 
filled  the  pulpit  until  1867,  when  he  resigned  and  was 
appointed  Pastor  Emeritus,  which  position  he  retained 
until  his  death,  in  1870.  Rev.  Herrick  Johnson,  D.D., 
LL.D.,  was  pastor  from  1868  to  1874,  when  the  Rev. 
Lawrence  M.  Colfelt  was  installed  as  pastor  of  the 
congregation.  Mr.  Colfelt  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev. 
George  D.  Baker,  D.D.,  the  present  incumbent. 
Sketches  of  several  of  these  gentlemen  will  be  found  in 
this  volume. 

The  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
in  the  United  States  met  in  this  edifice  in  1863,  and 
the  first  meeting  of  the  General  Assembly  after  the 
"  Reunion"  was  held  here  in  May,  1870. 

The  location  of  this  church  is  "down-town,"  the 
population  for  many  years  having  steadily  moved  to 
other  sections  of  the  city,  but,  notwithstanding  the 
drain  upon  it,  it  is  still  under  the  ministry  of  its  pres- 
ent acceptable  and  eflacient  pastor,  numerically  one  of 
the  strongest  of  the  denomination  in  Philadelphia. 

Present  Eldership. 
Samuel  C.  Perkins,  George  Grifiiths, 

]S"orris  W.  Harkness,  Geo.  T.  Harris. 


296  PRESBYTERY 

SECOND  CHURCH. 

The  growth  of  Presbyterianism  in  Philadelphia  was 
very  slow  during  the  first  half  century  of  its  existence. 
The  growth  of  the  city  during  the  same  period  was  by 
no  means  rapid.  In  1750  Fourth  Street  was  its  western 
limit;  it  contained  only  2076  houses  and  15,000  inhabi- 
tants. Presbyterianism  received  a  new  impulse  towards 
the  middle  of  the  century,  from  the  immigration  of 
many  Presbyterian  families,  and  also  from  the  labors 
of  the  Rev.  George  Whitefield.  Under  his  preaching 
large  congregations  were  assembled  and  many  converts 
were  made.  The  revival  was  also  accompanied  with 
serious  discussions.  These  discussions,  together  with 
the  growth  of  the  city,  led  to  the  formation,  in  1743, 
of  the  Second  Church,  which  had  for  its  place  of  wor- 
ship the  Whitefield  Academy,  on  Fourth  Street,  south 
of  Arch,  and  the  celebrated  Gilbert  Tennent  for  its  first 
pastor.  Its  first  church  edifice  was  erected  and  occu- 
pied in  1750,  on  the  northwest  corner  of  Third  and 
Arch  Streets,  enlarged  and  reconstructed  in  1809.  In 
1837  the  congregation  removed  to  north  Seventh  Street, 
below  Arch,  and  in  1872  it  took  possession  of  its  stately 
and  beautiful  building,  corner  of  Walnut  and  Twenty- 
first  Streets. 

The  Rev.  Gilbert  Tennent  continued  in  the  pastorate 
until  his  death  in  1764.     Oct.  21,  1762,  Rev.  George 


PRESENT  EDIFICE  OF  SECOND  CHUECH,  TWENTY-FIRST  AND  WALNUT. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  297 

Duffield,  afterwards  pastor  of  the  Third  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  city,  was  chosen  as  an  assistant  minister 
to  Mr.  Tennent,  then  in  feeble  and  declining  health,  but 
he  refused  the  call.  On  July  30,  1764,  Eev.  John  Mur- 
ray, a  native  of  Ireland,  was  called  to  the  pastoral  office, 
and  was  installed,  but  his  connection  with  the  church 
w^as  of  short  duration.  After  an  interval  of  nearly  three 
3^ears,  the  Rev.  James  Sproat,  then  pastor  of  the  Con- 
gregational Church  at  Guilford,  Conn.,  received  a  call, 
which  he  accepted,  and  was  installed  in  March,  1769. 
About  three  years  after  the  settlement  of  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Sproat,  the  enterprise  at  Campington  was  commenced. 
A  small  building  was  erected  at  the  northwest  corner 
of  Coates  and  Second  Streets  for  the  purposes  of  public 
w^orship,  as  a  kind  of  chapel  of  ease,  or  collegiate  ap- 
pendage of  this  church,  and  w'as  principally  supplied 
by  its  pastors  till  it  became  an  independent  charge 
under  the  pastoral  care  of  the  Rev.  James  Patterson, 
in  the  year  1813.  Dr.  Sproat's  ministry  was  termi- 
nated by  his  death,  Oct.  18,  1793. 

On  December  22,  1786,  Mr.  Ashbel  Green,  then  a 
licentiate,  was  elected  co-pastor  with  Dr.  Sproat,  and 
was  ordained  and  entered  upon  the  duties  of  his  office 
May  15, 1787.  In  the  Summer  of  1794  Mr.  John  K 
Abeel,  a  licentiate  of  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church,  was 
called  as  an  assistant  both  to  Dr.  Green  and  the  Rev. 
Dr.  John  B.  Smith,  then  pastor  of  the  Third  Presby- 
20 


298  PRESBYTERY 

terian  Church  in  the  city,  to  preach  two-thirds  of  his 
time  in  this  church,  and  one-third  in  the  Third  Church. 
He  continued  in  this  relation  about  a  year  and  a  half. 
Dr.  Green  had  then  the  sole  charge  of  the  congregation 
till  the  Eev.  Dr.  Jane  way  was  called  to  be  his  col- 
league, January  2,  1799,  his  ordination  and  installation 
taking  place  on  the  13th  of  the  June  following.  The 
church  continued  under  their  joint  pastoral  care  till 
Dr.  Green  removed  to  Princeton  to  take  charge  of  the 
College  of  'New  Jersey,  as  its  President,  in  1812. 

In  1813  Mr.  Thomas  Skinner  w^as  called  to  be  Dr. 
Janeway's  colleague,  and  continued  so  to  be  till  the  Fall 
of  1816.  In  July,  1828,  Dr.  Janeway  resigned  his 
pastoral  relation  to  take  charge  of  a  Professorship  in 
the  Western  Theological  Seminary,  Allegheny,  Pa. 
On  the  29th  of  September  of  the  same  year  the  Rev. 
Joseph  Sand  ford  was  elected  pastor  of  this  church, 
which  relation  continued  until  December  25,  1831. 
During  Mr.  Sandford's  ministry  a  division  occurred  in 
the  church,  which  resulted  in  the  organization  in  1832 
of  the  Central  Presbyterian  Church.  After  a  vacancy 
in  the  pastoral  office  of  nearly  two  years,  the  Rev. 
Cornelius  C.  Cuyler,  D.D.,  was  installed  pastor  January 
14,  1834,  which  relation  he  sustained  until  his  resigna- 
tion in  1850.  Rev.  Dr.  Charles  W.  Shields  was  installed 
pastor  October  18,  1850,  and  continued  this  relation 
until  1865,  when  he  was  elected  to  the  Professorship  of 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  299 

Science  and  Eeligion  in  IN'ew  Jersey  College,  which 
position  he  still  occupies.  Dr.  Shields  was  succeeded 
in  the  pastorate  by  the  Eev.  E.  R.  Beadle,  D.D.,  a 
sketch  of  whom  is  elsewhere  given.  The  present 
popular  and  efficient  pastor,  the  Rev.  Dr.  J.  S. 
Mcintosh,  was  installed  March  17, 1881. 

The  Second  Presbyterian  Church  has  contributed 
largely  from  its  members  to  the  formation  of  other 
churches  which  have  sprung  up  in  the  city.  This  has 
particularly  been  the  case  with  the  churches  of  Camp- 
ington,  now  First  Church,  in  the  ]S"orthern  Liberties, 
the  Eleventh  Church  on  Vine  Street,  which  became  the 
West  Arch  Street  Church,  the  Arch  Street  Church,  the 
Seventh  (now  the  Tabernacle)  Church,  and  the  Central 
Church,  for  many  years  located  at  the  corner  of  Eighth 
and  Cherry  streets,  but  within  a  few  years  removed  to 
Broad  Street  above  Fairmount  Avenue.  It  has  in  its 
day  done  its  full  share  in  the  establishment  and  support 
of  benevolent  institutions.  Many  ministers  have  gone 
forth  from  its  fold  to  preach  the  Gospel  who  were 
trained  and  aided  by  its  prayers  and  contributions.  The 
largest  number  of  communicants  was  in  1832,  before 
the  division,  when  they  amounted  to  seven  hundred  and 
eighty-nine.  This  church,  born  in  a  revival,  was 
nursed  in  its  early  years,  under  God,  by  Whitefield, 
the  Tennents,  the  Hodges,  the  Bayards,  the  Boudinots, 
the  Hazards,  the  Eastburns,  and  their  coadjutors.     ]N'o 


300  PRESBYTERY 

church  ever  had  more  distinguished  ruling  elders  from 
the  olden  time  down  to  its  later  days. 

Present  Eldership. 
H.  T.  Pitkin,  Peter  Boyd, 

Charles  F.  Haseltine,  Moses  W,  Woodward, 

Mahlon  S.  Stokes,  William  P.  Logan, 

John  C.  Reading,  John  ScoUay. 

Paul  GraiF, 

THIRD  CHURCH. 

In  1761  a  movement  was  commenced  which  resulted 
in  the  formation  of  the  Third  Church  and  in  the  build- 
ing of  a  new  church  edifice  at  Fourth  and  Pine  Streets, 
"  for  the  benefit  of  the  inhabitants  down  on  the  hill." 
The  spread  of  the  city  and  the  increase  of  the  congre- 
gation of  the  First  Church  rendered  this  step  necessary. 
A  house  and  lot  were  purchased  at  the  corner  of  Second 
and  South  Streets,  and  public  w^orship  w^as  there  estab- 
lished by  the  pastor  of  the  First  Church. 

In  1762  a  committee  was  appointed  to  ask  of  the 
Pennsylvania  proprietors  the  donation  of  a  lot  of  ground 
on  "  Society  Hill"  for  a  new  church.  The  application 
was  successful.  October  19,  1764,  Thomas  and  Richard 
Penn,  the  proprietors  of  Pennsylvania,  granted  a  lot, 
174  feet  on  Fourth  Street  by  102  on  Pine  Street,  "  to 
the   congregation   belonging  to  the  Old   Presbyterian 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  301 

Meeting  House,  on  the  south  side  of  High  (Market) 
Street,  near  the  Court-House,  in  the  city  of  Phila- 
delphia, to  the  intent  that  a  church  or  meeting-house 
should  be  erected  thereon,  and  a  burial-yard  laid  out 
for  the  use  of  the  said  society  of  Presbyterians  forever." 
The  lot  was  afterwards  enlarged  by  purchase,  so  that 
the  church  property  now  has  a  front  of  two  hundred 
feet  on  Pine  Street.  A  small  frame  building  had  pre- 
viously existed  on  this  spot,  called  the  Hill  Meeting 
House.  !N"ear  this  building  tradition  says  that  White- 
field  preached  to  assembled  thousands  from  a  stand 
erected  for  the  purpose.  The  work  of  building  the 
church  was  commenced  in  1766,  and  the  time  employed 
in  its  erection  was  about  two  years.  The  cost  of  the 
building  was  about  $16,000,  of  which  about  $5000  was 
raised  by  lottery,  a  method  of  raising  funds  for  benev- 
olent purposes  not  unusual  in  those  days.  Other 
churches,  the  First,  Second,  and  Fourth  Presbyterian 
Churches  among  them,  were  aided  in  like  manner. 
The  dimensions  of  the  church  edifice  were  the  same  as 
at  present,  80  by  60  feet.  It  w^as  so  far  finished  that  it 
was  opened  for  public  worship  June  12,  1768.  The 
house,  however,  was  not  completed  until  the  following 
year ;  for,  ;N"ovember  14,  1768,  the  committee  of  the 
First  and  Third  Churches  ordered  a  house  which  they 
owned  on  South  Second  Street  to  be  sold  to  complete 
the  church,  "  because  it  was  not  in  repair  to  defend  the 


302  PRESBYTERY 

congregation  against  the  storms  and  cold  of  winter." 
AVben  finished  it  exhibited  but  little  of  its  present  ap- 
pearance, and  to  modern  eyes  would  not  have  seemed 
very  sightly  or  attractive.  But  it  was  then  regarded 
as  the  finest  church  building  in  the  city. 

The  Third  Church  was  designed  to  be  held  in  per- 
petual union  with  the  First  Church.  The  Rev.  Samuel 
Aiken  was  unanimously  elected  pastor,  November  14, 
1768,  and  for  about  one  year  alternated  with  the  pastors 
of  the  First  Church  in  supplying  the  two  congregations. 
His  connection  with  the  Church  then  terminated,  and 
the  two  pastors  of  the  First  Church  supplied  the  pulpit 
alternately  for  nearly  two  years.  August  5, 1771,  the 
Rev.  George  Dufiield,  of  Carlisle,  was  chosen  pastor, 
independently  of  the  First  Church  and  without  its 
approval.  In  the  trying  times  of  the  Revolution  he 
was  true  and  faithful  to  the  Church  and  country,  and, 
in  connection  with  Bishop  White,  was  chaplain  to  the 
Continental  Congress.  John  Adams,  afterward  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  attended  his  ministry  during 
the  sessions  of  the  Continental  Congress,  and  communed 
w^ith  his  church. 

The  Church  suffered  severely  during  the  "War  of  the 
Revolution.  When  the  British  got  possession  of  Phila- 
delphia, they  seized  the  church  and  used  it  as  a 
hospital.  The  soldiers  burned  the  pews  for  fuel, 
stripped  the  pulpit  and  windows,  and  finally  used  the 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  803 

buildino;  as  a  stable  for  the  horses  of  drao:oons.  Dr. 
Duffield  was  with  the  array  of  Washington  during  the 
memorable  retreat  through  IsTew  Jersey,  and  in  the 
battles  at  Princeton  and  Trenton.  So  obnoxious  was  he 
to  the  British  forces  that  a  prize  of  fifty  pounds  ster- 
ling was  offered  for  his  head,  and  at  Trenton  he  barely 
escaped  capture  through  the  kindness  of  a  Quaker 
friend  to  whom  he  had  rendered  some  service.  He 
died  in  1790,  and  his  remains  now  rest  under  the  central 
aisle  of  the  lecture-room.  During  his  pastorate  of  nine- 
teen years  he  solemnized  730  marriages,  and  baptized 
1342  adults  and  children.  How  many  communicants 
he  admitted  to  the  church  is  unknown. 

In  1791  the  Rev.  John  Blair  Smith,  D.D.,  was  elected 
pastor,  and  remained  such  until  1795,  when  he  be- 
came the  first  President  of  Union  College,  Schenectady, 
I^.  Y.  After  an  absence  of  four  years,  during  which 
the  church  was  vacant,  he  was  recalled  to  the  pastorate 
in  1799.  On  his  return  he  was  cordially  greeted,  not 
only  by  his  own  congregation,  but  by  a  large  portion 
of  the  intelligent  and  excellent  people  of  the  city.  But 
their  joy  was  soon  turned  into  mourning.  He  died, 
August  22,  1799,  within  four  months  from  his  re- 
installation, of  yellow  fever — one  of  the  first  victims  of 
that  terrible  pestilence.  He  was  in  the  prime  of  his 
manhood  and  of  his  fame  as  a  learned,  able,  and  elo- 
quent preacher.     He  was  Moderator  of  the  General 


304  PRESBYTERY 

Assembly  in  1798.     His  grave  maybe  seen  in  the  yard, 
near  the  southwest  corner  of  the  church. 

The  Eev.  Philip  MilledoUer,  D.D.,  was  pastor  of  the 
Third  Church  from  1800  to  1805,  when  he  was  removed 
to  a  church  in  ^ew  York.  He  was  afterw^ards  Presi- 
dent of  Rutgers  College,  ]N"ew  Jersey.  In  IN'ovember, 
1806,  the  Rev.  Archibald  Alexander  was  elected  pastor. 
In  a  pastorate  of  six  years  he  solemnized  ninety  mar- 
riages, baptized  291  children  and  adults,  and  admitted 
119  communicants  to  the  church.  His  pulpit  ministra- 
tions were  unusually  popular.  In  regard  to  his  manner 
of  preaching  he  was  then  at  his  highest  point.  The 
vivacity  and  freedom  of  his  discourses,  always  delivered 
without  the  aid  of  any  manuscript,  attracted  very 
general  admiration.  In  1812  he  was  elected  Professor 
of  Theology  in  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary, 
where  he  died  in  1851,  after  thirty-nine  years  of  useful 
labor  in  that  department.  The  Rev.  Ezra  Stiles  Ely, 
D.D.,  succeeded  him  in  1813.  At  his  coming  a 
minority  withdrew  and  organized  the  Sixth  Church. 
His  pastorate  was  peaceful  and  prosperous,  and  extended 
to  June,  1835.  During  his  ministry  he  solemnized  718 
marriages,  baptized  1163  adults  and  children,  and 
admitted  707  to  the  church.  The  Sunday  school  was 
commenced  in  1814,  the  year  of  his  installation,  with 
six  or  eight  scholars,  in  the  parlor  of  Mr.  Moss 
McMullen.     The  house  is  still  standing;    its  present 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  305 

number  is  713  South  Second  Street.  This  was  one  of 
the  first  schools  organized  in  our  city.  It  is  now  in  a 
flourishing  condition,  with  about  500  scholars,  and  a 
full  supply  of  eflicient  teachers.  Dr.  Ely  left  Pine 
Street  to  fill  a  Professorship  in  Marion  College,  in  Mis- 
souri. He  afterwards  returned  to  this  city  and  died  a 
few  years  since. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Brainerd,  D.D.,  succeeded  Dr. 
Ely.  He  commenced  his  labors  February  1,  1837,  and 
was  installed  pastor  March  5th  of  the  same  year.  Dur- 
ing his  pastorate  of  thirty  years  he  received  1200 
communicants  to  the  church,  baptized  1017  adults  and 
children,  solemnized  841  marriages,  and  attended  1075 
funerals.  Such  were  the  fruits  of  an  earnest  work  by 
an  earnest  man. 

Dr.  Brainerd  was  an  eloquent  preacher,  kind  and 
fearless,  faithful  and  tender  as  a  man  and  a  pastor. 
Candid  and  frank,  but  genial  and  gentle,  he  made  warm 
friends  wherever  he  went.  In  1837,  in  the  division  of 
the  church,  he  adhered  to  the  ^ew  School  branch,  in 
which  action  his  congregation  sustained  him  with 
entire  unanimity.  He  died  suddenly  on  the  night  of 
August  21,  1866.  His  body  lies  near  the  southeast 
corner  of  the  church,  where  an  appropriate  monument 
has  been  erected  to  his  memory. 

Dr.  Brainerd  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Richard  H. 
Allen,  D.D.,  who  labored  acceptably  and   successfully 


306  PRESBYTERY 

from  1867  to  1880.  The  present  popular  and  efficient 
jiastor,  Rev.  11.  0.  Gibbons,  was  installed  October  4, 
1881.  The  interior  of  the  church  edifice  has  within  the 
last  three  years  been  handsomely  refitted  and  decorated, 
and  is  now  one  of  the  most  comfortable  audience-rooms 
in  the  city. 

Present  Eldership. 
John  C.  Farr,  Ezra  Calhoun, 

James  Frazier,  P.  H.  Strubing, 

William  Ivins,  R.  T.  Hazzard, 

John  Elliott,  Charles  E.  Maclean. 

James  Hewitt, 

FOURTH  CHURCH. 

The  Fourth  Church  was  organized  by  the  direction 
of  Presbytery  in  June,  1799.  The  congregation  met  at 
first  in  a  rented  house  at  the  corner  of  Third  and  Lom- 
bard streets,  and  the  services  were  conducted  through 
the  Summer  and  Fall  by  supplies  appointed  by  the 
Presbytery.  Early  in  the  year  1800  a  call  was  extended 
to  Mr.  George  Potts,  then  a  licentiate  of  the  Presby- 
tery of  'New  Castle,  and  he  was  ordained  and  installed 
on  May  22,  1800.  Daring  the  same  year  application 
was  made  to  the  Legislature  of  the  State  for  the  grant 
of  a  lot  to  be  used  as  a  burial-ground.  This  applica- 
tion was  successful  mainly  through  the  influence  of  Mr. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  307 

Potts,  and  a  lot  extending  from  Twelfth  to  Thirteenth 
Street  and  eighty-seven  feet  deep  was  ceded  to  the 
congregation. 

The  early  ministry  of  Mr.  Potts  was  eminently 
successful.  A  lot  was  purchased  at  the  corner  of  Fifth 
and  Gaskill  streets  for  the  erection  of  a  house  of  wor- 
ship, and  the  corner-stone  laid  July  4,  1802.  In  this 
church  the  congregation  continued  to  worship  for 
nearly  forty  years,  w^hen  they  removed  to  their  present 
location  at  the  corner  of  Twelfth  and  Lombard  streets. 
Mr.  Potts  was  born  in  the  County  of  Monaghan,  Ireland, 
educated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow,  and  licensed  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Monaghan.  He  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1797.  His  pastoral  relation  to  the  church,  by 
reason  of  infirm  health,  was  dissolved  September  9, 
1835.  He  died  September  23, 1838,  and  a  tablet  with 
a  suitable  inscription  is  placed  in  the  vestibule  of  the 
church. 

The  second  pastor  was  the  Rev.  William  L.  McCalla, 
of  whom  a  notice  v^ill  be  found  in  another  part  of  this 
volume.  He  was  installed  April  20, 1836.  Difficulties 
arose  in  the  congregation,  which  ended  in  its  division. 
Mr.  McCalla  and  his  friends  were  recognized  as  the 
Assembly  Church,  under  the  care  of  the  Presbytery, 
and  the  Fourth  Church  was  declared  vacant.  Rev. 
William  Loughridge,  born  in  the  County  Antrim,  near 
Ballymena,  Ireland,  1803,  was  installed  pastor  of  the 


308  PRESBYTERY 

Church,  November  17,  1840.  His  labors  were  abun- 
dant, and  signally  blessed.  For  his  growing  congre- 
gation, and  chiefly  through  his  efforts,  a  new  and 
larger  church  was  erected  at  the  corner  of  Twelfth  and 
Lombard  streets.  His  pastorate  was  very  prosperous 
and  successful,  and  his  memory  is  still  cherished  with 
tender  affection.  He  died  November  11,  1846.  He 
was  buried  in  the  ground  adjoining  the  Church,  from 
which  his  remains  were  removed,  a  few  years  since,  to 
the  Woodlands  Cemetery,  where  there  is  an  appropriate 
monument  to  his  memory. 

Rev.  Lewis  Cheeseman,  D.D.,  born  at  Princetown,  N. 
Y.,  October  27, 1803,  was  installed  pastor  of  the  Church, 
October  3,  1848.  He  labored  in  Philadelphia  with 
great  zeal  and  earnestness  for  nearly  twelve  years, 
maintaining  among  his  brethren  in  the  ministry  and 
all  others  who  knew  him  a  high  position  as  a  scholar, 
a  theologian,  and  an  earnest,  eloquent,  and  successful 
defender  of  the  "faith  once  delivered  to  the  saints." 
During  this  period  of  his  ministry  he  published  several 
works.  His  pastoral  relation,  through  declining  health, 
w^as  dissolved  October  10,  1860.  His  last  engagement 
was  as  a  Superintendent  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  of 
Publication.     He  died  December  21,  1861. 

Rev.  Philip  H.  Mowry,  who  was  ordained  and  in- 
stalled pastor  October  1, 1861,  after  two  years  of  accept- 
able and  successful  labor,  was  led  by  providential  cir- 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  809 

cumstances  to  seek  a  change  of  field,  and  his  pastoral 
relation  was  dissolved  October  15, 1883.  Dr.  Mowry 
has  been,  for  more  than  fifteen  years,  the  honored  and 
successful  pastor  of  the  First  Church,  of  Chester,  Pa. 

The  sixth  pastor  was  the  Eev.  Willard  M.  Rice,  D.D. 
Dr.  Rice  was  born  April  30,  1817,  graduated  from 
Wesley  an  University,  Middletown,  Conn.,  1837,  was 
Tutor  in  that  Institution  three  years,  removed  to 
Philadelphia,  and  after  his  marriage  to  the  daughter  of 
Rev.  John  McDowell,  D.D.,  established  a  classical 
school  which  soon  attained  a  high  reputation.  He 
was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia, 
and  engaged  in  Missionary  work  in  connection  with 
the  Moyamensing  Mission  of  the  Tenth  Presbyterian 
Church  (now  known  as  the  Holland  Memorial 
Church).  He  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor  of 
the  Moyamensing  Church,  and  after  several  years 
of  laborious  service  was  released  from  this  charge, 
and  immediately  commenced  his  work  in  the  Fourth 
Church,  over  which  he  was  installed  April  10,  1864, 
laboring  faithfully  and  successfully  in  this  relation, 
until  his  resignation  of  it  in  1874.  For  more  than  a 
quarter  of  a  century  he  has  been  Stated  Clerk  of  Pres- 
bytery, and  for  twenty  years  was  Clerk  of  the  Synod 
of  Philadelphia.  He  has  been  actively  employed  in 
Church  work,  especially   in   the  preparation  of   the 


310  PRESBYTERY 

Sabbath  Scliool  Helps  published  by  the  Presbyterian 
Board  of  Publication. 

Pastors  succeeding  Dr.  Rice :  Rev.  George  H.  Pool, 
installed  January  17,  1875,  released  June  4,  1877,  died 
February  3, 1881.  Rev.  George  Benaugh,  installed  jSTo- 
vember  14, 1877,  released  September  20, 1880 ;  and  Rev. 
James  Robinson,  installed  February  14, 1881,  released 
September  5,  1885,  both  of  whom  labored  zealously  in 
their  pastorates.  Rev.  W.  X.  Ritchie  was  installed 
June  22,  1886,  and  is  earnestly  prosecuting  his  work. 

Present  Eldership. 
Thomas  Graham,  Edward  Hill, 

James  Gibson,  John  McClelland. 

George  W.  Clelland, 

ARCH  STREET  CHURCH. 

The  first  regular  service  was  held  in  this  church  on 
Saturday,  June  7,  1823.  The  first  congregation  was 
known  as  the  Fifth  Presbyterian  Church.  They 
formerly  occupied  a  somewhat  dilapidated  chapel  on 
Locust  Street,  which  stood  on  the  ground  now  occupied 
by  Musical  Fund  Hall.  The  first  pastor  of  the  flock 
was  Rev.  George  Cox.  He  was  installed  on  the  21st  of 
April,  1813.  The  next  pastor  was  James  K.  Birch, 
w^ho  was  installed  July  19,  1813.  He  was  released 
November  5, 1816. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  311 

The  present  church  was  founded  by  a  committee  of 
the  Philadelphia  Presbytery  on  February  6,  1850.  The 
committee  held  its  first  meeting  in  the  Tabernacle 
Church  on  Broad  Street.  Two  of  the  members  of  that 
committee  were  Pev.  Drs.  Boardman  and  Lord.  On 
the  first  day  of  December  Dr.  Thomas  H.  Skinner  was 
called  to  the  pastorate.  Upon  the  occasion  of  taking 
possession  of  the  present  building  Dr.  Skinner  preached 
on  the  subject,"  Prejudice  against  doctrinal  preaching." 
He  preached  every  evening  that  week,  and  on  the 
seventh  night  took  as  his  subject,  "  Original  Sin."  It 
was  for  this  discourse  that  he  was  threatened  with  a 
church  trial  for  heresy,  which,  however,  never  took 
place.  The  sermon  created  widespread  attention.  On 
March  5,  1828,  Dr.  Skinner  was  called  to  Boston,  but 
on  October  26  of  that  same  year  was  prevailed  upon  to 
return  to  his  church  in  Philadelphia.  He  was  finally 
released  from  the  charge  in  1832  to  accept  the  chair  of 
Sacred  Rhetoric  at  Andover  Seminary.  He  died  on 
February  1,1871. 

When  Dr.  Skinner  retired  the  congregation  numbered 
600  persons.  A  great  contest  sprang  up  over  the 
choosing  of  his  successor.  As  a  result  the  larger  part 
of  the  congregation  seceded  and  formed  Whitefield 
Chapel.  Those  that  remained,  ninety-two  in  number, 
chose  as  their  pastor  Pev.  George  Duffield,  of  Carlisle. 
He  was  installed  April  5, 1835,  remained  but  a  short 


312  PRESBYTERY 

time,  and  took  charge  of  the  First  Church,  Detroit, 
Mich.,  where  he  died  in  1868,  at  the  age  of  sixty-eight. 
He  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  Thomas  T.  Waterbury,  who 
was  installed  in  December,  1837,  and  was  released  in 
March,  1843.  The  next  pastor  was  the  Rev.  M.  P. 
Thompson,  who  was  installed  in  1844,  and  released  on 
February  15, 1848.  He  left  over  350  members.  The 
Fifth  Presbyterian  Church  was  then  disbanded,  and  the 
present  church  formed  as  an  Old  School  Church.  The 
first  pastor  after  the  reorganization  was  Rev.  Charles 
Wadsworth,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.  He  was  installed  in 
March,  1850.  The  Sunday  School  was  organized 
February  24, 1850.  On  Dr.  Wadsworth's  removal  to 
San  Francisco,  the  Rev.  K.  W.  Conklin  was  installed 
pastor  of  the  church  in  1863,  and  continued  in  this 
relation  five  years.  The  Rev.  John  L.  Withrow  filled 
the  pastorate  from  1868  to  1873.  The  term  of  the 
present  acceptable  and  successful  pastor.  Rev.  John  S. 
Sands,  began  September  19, 1880. 

Present  Eldership. 

W.  H.  Castle,  Louis  Renshaw, 

John  Heebner,  Benjamin  Thackara, 

James  T.  Magee,  George  M.  Troutman. 
Charles  P.  Turner,  M.D., 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  313 


SIXTH  CHURCH. 


This  church  was  formed  by  the  seceding  portion  of 

Dr.  Ely's  Church— the  Pine  Street  Church.     The  Rev. 

William  l^eill,  D.D.,  became  its  pastor  in  1816,  and 

continued  so  until  he  was  made  President  of  Dickinson 

College,  Carlisle,  Pa.,  in    1824.      The  Kev.  John  H. 

Kennedy  was  installed  pastor  in  l^ovember,  1825,  and 

sustained  this  relation    until    December,  1829.      The 

Rev.  Samuel  G.  Winchester  was  ordained  pastor.  May 

• 
4,  1830,  and  remained  four  years.     Mr.  Winchester  was 

succeeded  by  Rev.  Joseph  H.  Jones,  D.D.,  in  1838,  who 
sustained  the  pastoral  relation  for  twenty-three  years, 
his  efforts  being  crowned  with  a  manifest  blessing. 
The  Rev.  F.  R.  Harbaugh  and  the  Rev.  John  P. 
Conkey  were  respectively  in  charge  of  the  congrega- 
tion for  a  short  time,  when  they  sold  their  house  of 
worship  at  Sixth  and  Spruce  streets  and  united  with 
the  Tabernacle  Presbyterian  Church.  Several  of  the 
pastors  of  the  Sixth  Church  are  noticed  elsewhere  in 
this  volume. 

TABERNACLE  CHURCH. 

In  the  year  1804,  God,  in  his  providence,  disposed  a 
number  of  persons  in  Philadelphia  to  unite  in  the  erec- 
tion of  a  house  of  worship,  to  be  occupied  by  a  society 
of  Christians  under  the  independent  form   of  church 

21 


311  PRESBYTERY 

gdvernmcut.  Tlie  "  Independent  Tabernacle"  (as  the 
church  was  called)  was  situated  up  a  court  from  Fourth 
Street,  between  High  and  Chestnut  streets.  It  was 
built  in  the  years  1805-6.  Subsequently  it  was  deemed 
expedient  by  a  majority  of  the  congregation  to  endeavor 
to  effect  a  union  with  some  other  religious  body  of  the 
same  faith  and  order,  even  if  there  should  be  some 
unessential  difference  in  the  form  of  church  govern- 
ment. After  serious  consideration  of  the  subject,  a 
w^ay  seemed  to  be  open,  by  the  providence  of  God, 
which  finally  led  to  a  union  with  the  Eeformed  Dutch 
Church. 

On  the  18th  of  October,  1819,  the  pew-holders  and 
communicants  of  the  church  requested  the  Consistory 
to  apply  to  the  Classis  of  Philadelphia  for  the  dismissal 
of  this  church  and  congregation  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Philadelphia.  Eventually  the  Presbytery  of  Philadel- 
phia received  the  church  and  congregation  under  its 
care,  with  the  name  of  the  Seventh  Presbyterian 
Church.  This  occurred  on  the  9th  of  November,  1819, 
and  the  Eev.  Drs.  Xeill,  Ely,  and  Janeway,  with  elders 
John  McMullin  and  Robert  Ralston,  were  appointed  a 
committee  duly  to  organize  the  church  under  its  new 
relation.  Accordingly,  it  was  so  organized  as  the 
Seventh  Presbyterian  Church  of  Philadelphia,  [N^ovem- 
ber,  18,  1819,  and  the  following  persons  elected  as 
ruling  elders  and  deacons  : — 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  315 

Otis  Amidon,  William  Sheepshanks,  Robert  Hamill, 
and  William  Shufflebottom — Elders. 

John  P.  Schott,  Thomas  Whittaker,  William  Taylor, 
Jr.,  and  Jacob  Eglee — Deacons. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  William  M.  Engles  was  elected  the 
first  pastor  of  this  church,  under  its  organization  as  a 
Presbyterian  Church.  His  election  occurred  June  15, 
1820,  and  he  was  ordained  and  installed  July  6,  1820. 
The  relation  then  instituted  continued  with  great 
harmony  and  with  much  blessing  to  the  church,  until 
September  4,  1834,  when  it  was  dissolved  by  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Philadelphia,  at  the  request  of  Dr.  Engles, 
who  then  devoted  himself  to  the  enterprise  of  conduct- 
ing the  Preshyte7ia7i.  The  Rev.  Samuel  D.  Blythe  was 
next  called  on  September  24,  1834,  to  be  the  pastor  of 
the  church,  and  having  accepted  the  call  he  was 
installed  February  23,  1835.  This  relation  continued 
till  the  year  1839. 

In  April,  1840,  the  Seventh  Presbyterian  Church, 
previously  under  the  pastoral  care  of  the  Rev.  S.  D. 
Blythe,  and  the  Assembly  Church,  previously  under 
the  pastoral  care  of  the  Rev.  W.  L.  McCalla,  were,  at 
their  request,  by  the  act  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadel- 
phia, united  under  the  style  and  title  of  the  Seventh 
Presbyterian  Church.  Immediately  after  that  union 
was  consummated,  the  Rev.  Willis  Lord  was  installed 
pastor. 


316  PRESBYTERY 

In  the  year  1842  the  congregation  sold  their  house  of 
worship  in  Ranstead  Court,  and  erected  a  church  on 
Broad  Street,  above  Chestnut,  which  was  dedicated  to 
the  worship  of  God  on  the  last  day  of  that  year.  The 
first  of  January,  1843,  being  the  Sabbath,  the  church 
was  regularly  opened  for  Divine  worship. 

The  Eev.  Dr.  Lord  resigned  his  pastoral  charge  of 
this  church  in  October,  1850,  and  accepted  a  call  to  the 
Seventh  Presbyterian  Church,  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  After 
a  vacancy  of  nearly  a  year  the  congregation  extended  a 
call  to  the  Rev.  William  Henry  Ruffner,  at  that  time 
serving  as  chaplain  to  the  University  of  Virginia. 
This  being  Mr.  Ruffner's  first  pastoral  charge,  he  was 
ordained  and  installed  at  the  same  time  as  pastor  of  this 
church  in  the  fall  of  1851.  This  relation  continued  till 
the  spring  of  1853,  when  Mr.  Ruffner  was  constrained 
to  resign  his  charge  in  consequence  of  a  serious  afl:ection 
of  the  throat.  The  Rev.  E.  P.  Rodgers,  D.D.,  the  next 
pastor  of  the  church,  was  installed  on  May  3, 1854,  and 
continued  in  this  relation  until  October,  1856.  After 
a  vacancy  of  nearly  six  months  the  Rev.  James  M. 
Crowell  was  installed  into  the  pastoral  care  of  this 
church,  May  10, 1857,  and  had  charge  of  it  until  May 
5, 1869.  Dr.  Crowell  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Henry 
G.  McCook,  who  was  installed  pastor  in  1870  and  still 
continues  so  to  be.  During  Dr.  McCook's  pastorate 
the  name  "  Tabernacle  Church"  was  assumed. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  317 

The  congregation,  feeling  the  necessity  of  a  change 
of  location,  on  account  of  the  encroachment  of  business 
houses  in  the  region  of  their  place  of  worship,  pur- 
chased, in  1883,  an  eligible  lot  at  Thirty-eighth  and 
Chestnut  streets,  on  which  their  present  large  and 
handsome  church  edifice  now  stands. 

Present  Eldership. 

Archibald  Mclntyre,  Samuel  S.  Scott, 

T.  Esmonde  Harper,  Rudolph  M.  Schick. 

Samuel  W.  Reeves, 

SCOTS  CHURCH. 

This  congregation  was  planted  by  supplies  from  the 
Associate  Presbytery  of  Pennsylvaj^iia,  at  the  request 
of  a  few  persons  in  1766.  About  1767  the  congregation 
purchased  a  farm-house,  with  some  little  land  attached, 
near  Fourth  and  Shippen  (now  Bainb ridge)  streets. 
The  house  was  for  the  minister's  family,  as  well  as  to 
furnish  a  suitable  room  for  public  worship.  It  was 
repaired  and  rebuilt  so  as  to  form  a  hall,  which  was 
used  as  a  meeting-house  till  1787,  after  which  it  was 
used  as  an  auction-room,  and  the  adjacent  ground  as  a 
place  of  burial.  This  burial-ground  at  Fourth  and 
Bainbridge  streets,  and  which  contains  the  tombstone 
of  Rev.  David  Telfair,  who  died  in  1789,  is  still  in  pos- 
session of  the  Scots  Presbyterian  Church  conjointly 


318  PRESBYTERY 

with  the  Second  U.  P.  Church.  Rev.  Mr.  Telfair,  who 
had  come  from  Scotland  in  1765,  supplied  the  congre- 
gation for  about  two  years. 

Up  to  April,  1822,  the  Scots  Presbyterian  Church 
had  been  in  connection  with  the  Associate  Reformed 
Presbyterian  Church  of  America,  but  about  that  time 
terminated  the  connection  and  was  transferred  to  the 
General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
America,  thus  becoming  the  Eighth  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  city.  John  Adams,  signer  of  the  De- 
claration of  Independence  and  President  of  the  United 
States,  relates  in  his  diary  that  he  attended  the  preach- 
ing of  the  Scots  Presbyterian  Church,  and  it  is  an  in- 
teresting- historical  fact  that  durins:  his  residence  in 
Philadelphia,  Louis  Philippe,  King  of  France,  lived  in 
the  parsonage  adjoining. 

After  the  transfer  of  the  church  to  the  Presbyterian 
connection,  the  Rev.  James  Arbuckle,  who  had  been 
installed  in  August,  1822,  remained  pastor  until  1824. 
He  was  succeeded  in  the  pastorate  by  Rev.  W.  L. 
McCalla,  1824-35;  Rev.  Alexander  Macklin,  D.D., 
1835-59;  Rev.  IN'athanael  L.  Conklin,  1861,  for  one 
year  and  six  months;  and  Rev.  D.  A.  Cunningham 
from  Jan.  1864,  for  the  same  length  of  time. 

From  May,  1866,  until  1884  the  old  church  on  Spruce 
Street  was  practically  closed.      In  1880,  Rev.  J.  C. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  319 

Thompson  was  invited  to  take  charge  of  the  "  Faith 
Mission,"  at  Castle  Avenue,  near  Broad  Street. 

The  congregation  grew  steadily  until  the  Spring  of 
1885,  when  the  one  hundred  and  fifteen  church  mem- 
bers that  had  joined  the  mission  petitioned  the  Presby- 
tery of  Philadelphia  to  be  organized  into  a  separate 
church,  under  the  name  of  the  South  Broad  Street 
Presbyterian  Church.  This  petition,  accompanied  by 
the  consent  and  with  the  hearty  cooperation  of  the 
elders  of  the  Tenth  Presbyterian  Church,  which,  up  to 
this  time,  had  assisted  in  the  support  of  the  mission, 
was  granted  by  the  Presbytery. 

The  pastor  of  the  church  thus  established  (Rev.  J. 
C.  Thompson,  who  was  installed  in  Feb.  1883),  con- 
vinced of  the  necessity  of  better  church  accommoda- 
tion, addressed  a  communication  to  the  trustees  of  the 
Scots  Presbyterian  Church,  setting  forth  what  would 
seem  to  be  the  great  advantages  that  would  result  from 
a  union  of  the  two  churches  in  one  orofanization.  This 
was  done,  and  by  a  formal  resolution  the  members  of 
the  South  Broad  Street  Church  dropped  their  organiza- 
tion, surrendered  their  charter  and  became  the  legal 
and  ecclesiastical  successor  of  the  Scots  Presbyterian 
Church,  thus  merging  the  new  church  into  the  old  and 
perpetuating  a  name  w^hich  had  become  identified  with 
the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Philadelphia  by  the  asso- 
ciation of  nearly  a  century  and  a  quarter. 


320  PRESBYTERY 

The  new  and  beautiful  church  edifice  erected  by  the 
congregation  was  dedicated  to  the  worship  of  God  on 
Sabbath,  April  15,  1888,  and  the  congregation  is  pros- 
perous. 

Present  Eldership. 

Henry  McKeeu,  W.  M.  Woodley, 

Wm.  Lamb,  Lucius  Claville, 

Thos.  Gamon,  Andrew  Brown. 

NINTH    CHURCH. 

In  the  month  of  May,  1822,  a  union  was  effected  in 
Philadelphia  between  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  the 
United  States  and  the  Associated  Keformed  Church. 
One  of  the  Churches  of  the  latter  body  was  worshiping 
at  that  time  in  a  small  Church  in  Thirteenth  Street, 
north  of  Market  Street.  The  pastor  being  the  Rev. 
Thomas  G.  Maclnnis,  and  having  gone  into  the  union, 
a  charter  was  procured  in  1823  for  the  Church  under 
the  name  of  the  Ninth  Presbyterian  Church. 

After  the  death  of  Mr.  Maclnnis  the  pulpit  remained 
vacant  for  a  considerable  time,  the  Church  being 
dependent  on  occasional  supplies,  but  in  the  month  of 
May,  1825,  the  Rev.  John  Chambers  occupied  the 
pulpit.  On  his  settlement  in  the  Church  he  did  not 
see  his  way  to  assent  to  the  Westminster  Confession  of 
Faith,  and  consequently  he  was  not  ordained  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia.     In  December  of  the  same 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  321 

year  he  was  ordained  to  the  ministry  by  an  Association 
in  !N'ew  Haven,  and  returning  he  continued  to  preach 
as  an  Independent  Presbyterian  Minister. 

In  1830  it  became  obvious  that  a  clause  in  the  will 
of  the  founder  of  the  Church  edifice  did  not  warrant 
the  property  to  be  used  as  it  had  been  by  the  congre- 
gation, and  accordingly  a  large  number  of  the  people 
with  their  minister  left  the  edifice  and  erected  a  much 
larger  building  at  Sansom  and  Broad  streets.  Those 
who  remained  held  on  to  the  charter  which  they  had 
procured,  and  in  1832  they  called  the  Rev.  W.  J.  Gib- 
son, who  accepted  their  call,  and  he  was  installed  as 
pastor  in  February  of  that  year.  Mr.  Gibson  was 
eminent  for  his  great  theological  attainments  and  for 
his  power  as  a  preacher,  and  under  his  ministry  the 
Church  was  greatly  edified. 

At  the  time  of  the  union  of  the  Associated  Reformed 
Body  with  the  American  Presbyterian  Church  in  1822, 
there  were  several  persons  who  were  not  satisfied  with 
the  union.  They  disliked  the  idea  of  their  parent 
Communion,  to  which  they  were  greatly  attached,  being 
extinguished.  Their  numbers  were  increased  by  the 
settlement  in  the  city  of  persons  of  kindred  views  from 
Western  Pennsylvania,  and  they  were  ministered  to  by 
brethren  of  their  own  connection,  and  in  process  of  time 
they  were  organized  into  a  church.  After  worshiping 
in  different  places,  they  became  satisfied  that  a  fair 


322  PRESBYTERY 

interpretation  of  the  will  of  Mrs.  Anne  Duncan,  who 
had  founded  the  church  building  in  Thirteenth  Street, 
would  entitle  them  to  claim  and  use  it  as  a  house  of 
worship  of  their  own  order,  and  on  an  application  to  a 
legal  court  for  a  settlement  of  the  question  it  soon  be- 
came apparent  that  the  right  was  on  their  side.  The 
matter  at  issue  was  however  settled  in  a  manner  highly 
creditable  to  both  of  the  parties,  and  the  congregation 
that  had  been  worshiping  in  the  building  retired, 
carrying  with  them  their  charter  and  the  name  that 
they  had  assumed  as  the  ^inth  Presbyterian  Church. 

Their  pastor,  Mr.  Gibson,  had  removed  from  the 
congregation  in  the  Spring  of  1838,  and  being  without 
a  church  edifice  they  assembled  for  worship  in  the 
Assembly  Building  at  Tenth  and  Chestnut  streets, 
until  they  had  their  new  and  large  church  finished  at 
the  corner  of  Sansom  and  Sixteenth  streets,  Sixteenth 
Street  being  at  that  time,  and  for  several  years  after- 
Avards,  known  as  Schuylkill  Seventh  Street. 

On  the  retirement  of  the  Eev.  Mr.  Gibson  in  the 
Spring  of  1838,  the  Rev.  Archibald  Tudehope  was 
engaged  to  preach  for  a  time  and  he  was  soon  after 
settled  as  the  pastor  of  the  church. 

Before  the  completion  of  the  new  church  building  a 
number  of  the  members  with  others  who  united  with 
them  were  organized  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia 
in  a  separate  church,  and  thus  in  December,  1840,  the 


OF  PUILADELPHIA.  323 

Union  Church  was  formed.  On  the  10th  day  of  January, 
1841,  the  new  building  tliat  the  members  of  the  K'inth 
Church  Congregation  had  with  great  zeal  and  with  un- 
wonted liberality  and  energy  erected,  was  opened  for 
divine  service  by  the  Rev.  A.  Tudehope.  His  sermon 
was  founded  on  ^eh.  x.  39 :  "  We  will  not  forsake  the 
house  of  our  God." 

Mr.  Tudehope  continued  in  the  pastorate  until  1849, 
and  on  his  resignation  the  congregation  had  their  at- 
tention directed  to  the  Rev.  William  Blackwood,  the 
pastor  of  Trinity  Presbyterian  Church,  ]N'ewcastle-on- 
Tyne,  England.  A  correspondence  was  opened  with 
him  which  resulted  in  his  removal  to  Philadelphia 
and  his  settlement  as  the  pastor  of  the  church.  His 
first  sermon  was  preached  from  the  text,  John  i.  12, 
on  April  14, 1850,  and  since  that  time  Dr.  Blackwood 
has  held  with  great  acceptance  and  success  the  pas- 
torate of  the  church,  being  still  actively  engaged  in 
all  the  work  of  the  ministry. 

Present  Eldership. 
James  F.  Gayley,  M.D.,        John  Baird, 
Hugh  H.  English,  James  Burns. 

Oliver  Sproule, 


324  PRESBYTERY 

TENTH  CHURCH. 

The  plan  of  the  Tenth  Presbyterian  Church  origi- 
nated in  a  consultation  of  the  following  six  gentlemen  : 
John  Stille,  William  Brown,  Solomon  Allen,  James 
Kerr,  George  Ralston,  and  Furman  Leaming,  at  the 
residence  of  the  last  named,  March  25,  1828.  The 
corner-stone  was  laid  by  Ashbel  Green,  D.D.,  LL.D., 
on  August  8,  1828.  The  church  was  organized  in  the 
session  room  of  the  Sixth  Presbyterian  Church,  March 

16,  1829,  by  the  ordination  and  installation  of  John 
Stille,  James  Kerr,  and  Furman  Leaming  as  ruling 
elders  ;  and  it  was  received  under  the  care  of  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Philadelphia  as  "  The  Tenth  Presbyterian 
Church,  on  Walnut  Street,  corner  of  Twelfth,"  May  11, 
1829. 

The  first  service  was  held  in  the  session  room.  May 
31,  1829,  when  Derrick  C.  Lansing,  D.D.,  preached. 

The  church  itself  was  completed  December  7,  1829, 
and  the  main  audience-room  opened  for  public  worship 
the  next  Sabbath.  The  following  has  been  the  succes- 
sion of  pastors : — 

Thomas  McAuley,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  installed  December 

17,  1829. 

Henry  A.  Boardman,  D.D.,  ordained  and  installed 
ITovember  8, 1833. 

John  De  Witt,  D.D.,  installed  October  12, 1876. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  325 

E,ev.  Wm.  Brenton  Greene,  Jr.,  installed  May  14, 
1883,  and  still  continuing  in  this  relation. 

Associate  Pastors : — 

Eev.  Louis  R.  Fox,  elected  December  11, 1871. 

J.  Henry  Sharpe,  D.D.,  elected  November  9, 1874. 

Dr.  Breed,  in  his  "  Discourse  upon  the  History  of  the 
West  Spruce  Street  Presbyterian  Church,"  in  referring 
to  the  pastorate  of  Dr.  Boardman,  which  extended 
from  1833  to  1876,  says  it  was  "  a  pastorate  which,  for 
ability  and  true  manly  dignity  in  the  incumbent,  for 
fidelity  to  sound  doctrine,  for  richness  of  pulpit  instruc- 
tion, for  purity  and  felicity  of  literary  style,  for  per- 
suasive eloquence,  and  for  reach  of  healthful  influence, 
left  nothing  to  be  desired,  whether  on  the  part  of  the 
church  at  large  or  of  the  congregation  to  which  he 
directly  ministered."  (See  "  West  Spruce  Street 
Church.") 

This  church  has  always  been  a  source  of  great  power 
for  good  in  the  community,  and  is  making  progress 
under  the  ministrations  of  its  able  and  active  pastor. 
The  increase  of  its  benevolent  contributions  over  those 
of  last  year  was  $2731.00. 

Present   Eldership. 
Wm.  L.  Dubois,  Samuel  R.  Sharp. 


326  PRESBYTERY 

THE  CHURCH  OF  THE  ATONEMENT. 

This  church  was  the  result  of  the  earnest  efforts  of 
the  Evangelical  Society  of  Philadelphia  in  the  cause  of 
church  extension.  In  the  prosecution  of  their  object  they 
erected  a  building  at  the  corner  of  Catharine  and  Sixth 
streets,  known  as  the  Blue  Frame  or  Mission  House. 

On  December  17, 1818,  the  congregation  was  organ- 
ized as  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Moyamensing. 
A  new  building  was  completed  in  1829,  on  Cedar  Street 
below  Twelfth  Street.  On  April  30,  1830,  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Eustace  became  their  first  pastor,  the  church 
having  been  reorganized  as  the  Twelfth  Presbyterian 
Church. 

On  account  of  the  schism  of  1837,  the  congregation 
in  1841  was  organized  as  the  Cedar  Street  Presbyterian 
Church,  with  the  Rev.  William  Ramsey  as  pastor,  who 
remained  twenty  years  and  died  in  the  pastorate. 
Several  brief  pastorates  followed,  as  the  Rev.  Henry  A. 
Smith,  Rev.  Richard  Mallery,  Rev.  J.  Gordon  Mitchell. 
In  December,  1874,  the  Rev.  Edward  B.  Bruen  became 
pastor.  Another  house  of  worship  was  dedicated 
December  31,  1882,  on  Wharton  Street  above  Broad 
Street,  the  name  being  changed  to  The  Presbyterian 
Church  of  the  Atonement. 

Present  Eldership. 
Max  Weiss,  J.  Frank  Brinkerhoff, 

Robert  Ferguson,  Walter  Reynolds. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  327 

UNION  CHURCH. 

This  church  was  organized  by  a  committee  appointed 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  December  29, 1840. 
This  committee,  which  consisted  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  C.  C. 
Cuyler,  the  Rev.  Dr.  H.  A.  Boardman,  and  Mr.  James 
Kerr,  elder,  met  in  Carpenter's  Hall,  corner  of  Thir- 
teenth and  Race  streets,  on  the  evening  of  that  day,  and 
sixty-three  persons  presented  certificates  from  the 
several  churches  with  which  they  had  been  respectively 
connected,  and  were  duly  received.  Mr.  John  Scott, 
and  Mr.  E'eal  McCauley,  who  had  been  elders  in  the 
Ninth  Presbyterian  Church  of  the  city,  were  unani- 
mously elected  elders  and  duly  installed  in  office. 

The  Rev.  William  J.  Gibson  was  installed  pastor  of 
the  church  July  12,  1841.  Mr.  Gibson  was  succeeded 
b}'  the  Rev.  James  W.  Stewart,  who  was  installed 
pastor  October  13,  1842,  and  continued  so  until  his 
death  in  1849.  The  Rev.  William  L.  McCalla  filled 
the  pastorate  from  April,  1850,  until  May  3,  1854. 
The  Rev.  David  Magill  was  pastor  from  January  13, 
1857,  until  July  6,  1859.  The  Rev.  Robert  Gamble 
was  installed  pastor  February  29,  1860.  The  Rev. 
John  B.  McCorkell  was  installed  pastor  May  10,  1865, 
and  resigned  the  relation  in  September,  1884.  The 
pulpit  was  supplied  by  the  Rev.  Alfred  Nevin,  D.D., 
for  a  few  months,  at  the  expiration  of  which  the  Rev. 


328  PRESBYTERY 

Robert  Gamble  was  recalled  to  the  pastorate,  and  still 
continues  in  this  relation,  blessed  in  his  labors. 

The  lot  on  which  the  present  building  stands  was 
purchased  from  the  Salem  Methodist  Congregation,  and 
the  comparatively  small  church  which  then  stood  on  it 
was  succeeded  by  the  present  large,  convenient,  and 
comfortable  edifice  during  the  pastorate  of  the  Rev. 
Mr.  McCorkell. 

Present  Eldership. 

Thompson  Irvin,  John  Hamilton. 

THE  CLINTON  ST.  IMMANUEL  CHURCH. 

This  Church  originated  as  the  "  First  Congregational 
Church  of  Philadelphia,"  under  the  pastoral  care  of  the 
Rev.  John  Todd,  D.D.  Its  corner-stone  was  laid  Aug. 
18, 1836,  and  the  building,  located  at  Tenth  and  Clinton 
streets,  was  formally  dedicated  to  God,  l^ov.  11, 1837. 
The  formal  organization  of  the  Church  had  taken  place 
June  7, 1836.  Dr.  Todd  was  elected  pastor  June  11th, 
and  installed  ^ov.  11th  of  the  same  year. 

The  existence  of  the  Clinton  St.  Presbyterian  Church 
dates  from  April  28,  1842,  when  twenty-six  communi- 
cants from  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  were  set  apart 
by  the  Third  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Joel  Parker  was  elected  pastor  of  the  new 
church   May  2,  1842,  on   the   Monday  following   its 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  329 

organization,  and  was  installed  May  13th.  He  resigned 
after  ten  years  of  successful  labor  in  February,  1852. 

The  Eev.  Dr.  Hern-y  Darling  was  next  installed  as 
pastor,  April  20,  1853,  and  continued  in  this  relation 
until  July,  1861,  when  ill-health  compelled  his  resig- 
nation. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Daniel  March  was  installed  pastor  Feb. 
28,  1862,  and  continued  with  the  Church  until  the  ill- 
health  of  Mrs.  March  compelled  his  resignation  in  ^ov. 
1872. 

The  Eev.  Henry  L.  Bunstein  was  ordained  to  the 
gospel  ministry  and  installed  pastor  of  the  Church  Feb. 
25,  1873,  but  resigned  in  Xov.  1876. 

It  was  at  the  precise  point  which  has  now  been 
reached  in  the  life  of  Clinton  Street  Church,  that  it 
became  immediately  connected  with  the  Immanuel 
Church,  and  within  a  short  time  organically  united 
with  it.  The  Church  Records  show  that  through  the 
thirty-four  years  that  had  elapsed,  more  than  $350,000 
were  given  by  its  members  to  the  Lord's  work.  A 
Mission  School  had  been  built  and  supported,  and  the 
missionary  spirit  was  sedulously  cherished.  The  fact 
that  seventeen  men  went  into  the  ministry  and  mission 
Held  from  its  membership,  may  serve  to  confirm  this 
latter  statement. 

This  "Immanuel"  Church  with  which  it  has  now 
become   united   was    itself    formed    from    two   other 

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330  PRESBYTERY 

churches — the  "Western  Presbyterian"  and  the  "Third 
Reformed  (Dutch)  Church,"  which  took  place  under 
the  pastorate  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Charles  Wadsworth  in 
1873.  This  united  body  then  was  given  the  name 
"Immanuel  Presbyterian  Church"  by  the  Presbytery 
of  Philadelphia,  Central,  within  whose  bounds  it  was 
situated.  One  of  the  delegates,  however,  of  this  new 
organization  refused  to  submit  to  the  new  arrangement, 
and  long  litigation  in  the  civil  courts  ensued,  which 
resulted  in  the  decision  that  this  Church  could  not  hold 
the  church  property  of  the  Third  Reformed  Church, 
and  the  Church  was  sold. 

At  this  juncture  the  Immanuel  Church,  being  left 
thus  without  a  building  for  worship,  was  invited  to 
meet  with  the  Clinton  Street  Church,  which  had  just 
been  left  without  a  pastor.  This  invitation  w^as 
accepted.  In  the  course  of  a  few  weeks  it  was  voted 
that  a  formal  union  of  these  two  churches  be  made,  but 
the  fact  of  their  being  in  different  Presbyteries  caused 
such  delay  that  the  union  was  not  formally  consum- 
mated until  November  4,  1878. 

This  new  enterprise  was  entitled  the  "  Clinton  Street 
Immanuel  Presbyterian  Church,"  and  Dr.  Wadsworth 
was  finally  installed  as  its  pastor  March  25,  1879.  In 
its  service  he  died  April  1,  1882,  after  a  brief  illness. 

On  the  Sunday  following  the  funeral  of  Dr.  Wads- 
worth the  pulpit  was  occupied  by  the  Rev.  J.  F.  Dripps, 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  331 

D.D.,  upon  invitation  by  the  Session.  A  congregational 
meeting  was  soon  held,  and  Dr.  Dripps  was  elected 
pastor,  and  was  duly  installed  June  7,  1882.  This 
pastorate  continued  until  July  1,  1886,  when  he 
resisrned. 

In  April,  1887,  Mr.  Herman  C.  Fox,  a  theological 
student  in  the  Senior  Class  of  Princeton  Seminary,  was 
invited  to  preach,  which  invitation  he  accepted.  He 
was  again  invited  in  May  to  supply  the  pulpit,  and  did 
so,  when,  on  June  23,  1887,  a  congregational  meeting 
was  held,  and  Mr.  Fox  was  unanimously  elected  pastor. 
He  was  ordained  and  installed  in  this  relation  October 
13,  1887,  and  is  much  prospered  in  his  labors. 

Present  Eldership. 
Henry  L.  Fox,  John  Moore. 

SOUTH  CHURCH. 

The  establishment  of  this  church,  first  known  as  The 
South  Presbyterian  Church  of  Southicark,  was  under 
Providence  the  result  of  the  labors  of  the  Rev.  Griffith 
Owen. 

Mr.  Owen  having  labored  successfully  as  a  Missionary 
for  a  time  in  Southwark,  on  application  to  the  Phila- 
delphia Presbytery,  the  Rev.  Joseph  H.  Jones,  D.D., 
Rev.  Thomas  L.  Janeway,  and  the  Rev.  J.  W.  Dale, 
Ministers,  and  Messrs  "William  S.  Boyd  and  George 


332  PRESBYTERY 

Van  Gelder,  elders,  were  appointed  at  a  meeting 
IN'overaber  19, 1848,  to  organize  a  church  if  the  way  be 
clear.  The  Committee  met  February  23, 1849,  in  the 
lecture-room  of  the  church,  Fourth  Street  below  Ger- 
man Street,  when  fifteen  persons  presented  certificates 
of  church  membership  and  were  approved ;  Charles 
Brigham  and  David  Owen  were  elected  ruling  elders, 
and  were  ordained  on  the  following  Sabbath. 

The  corner-stone  of  the  church  buildins;  was  laid 
September  17,  1849.  A  building  committee,  who  were 
instructed  to  proceed  to  the  construction  of  the  church, 
were  appointed  as  follows:  William  Clark,  E,.  J. 
Mercer,  Gideon  R.  Bancroft,  Philip  F.  Snyder,  and 
Thomas  A.  Barlow.  The  first  meeting  in  the  new 
building  was  held  January  19,  1851.  On  March  26, 
1851,  Rev.  Griffith  Owen  was  unanimously  elected 
pastor  of  the  church.  He  was  shortly  after  installed, 
and  remained  pastor  until  October,  1855.  In  January, 
1874,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  R.  M.  Patterson  permanently  re- 
lieved the  church  from  future  payment  of  the  ground- 
rent  upon  the  property,  the  principal  amounting  to 
over  $4000. 

Pastors. 

Rev.  Griffith  Owen,  called  March  26,  1851. 

Rev.  Archibald  P.  Cobb,  called  November  12,  1855, 
installed  December  23, 1855. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  333 

Hev.  John  Moore,  called  iN'ovember  14,  1863,  in- 
stalled December  20,  1863. 

Eev.  Robert  M.  Patterson,  D.D.,  called  February  27, 
1867,  installed  September  10,  1867. 

Rev.  William  M.  Baker,  called  March  16,  1881,  in- 
stalled :N'ovember  3,  1881. 

Rev.  William   L.   Ledwith,  called  July,   1883,  in- 
stalled, and  still  laboring  in  the  field  with  success. 
Present   Eldership. 

David  Jones,  J.  Parsons  Smith, 

John  Maxwell,  John  Hogg, 

Peter  L.  Krider,  W.  H.  Rogers. 

WEST  SPRUCE  STREET  CHURCH. 

On  the  20th  of  January,  1852,  a  number  of  gentle- 
men connected  with  the  Tenth  Presbyterian  Church, 
met  by  invitation  of  the  pastor,  the  Rev.  Henry  A. 
Boardman,  D.D.,  at  his  house. 

The  object  of  the  meeting  was  to  confer  upon  the 
duty  of  erecting  an  additional  Presbyterian  Church  in 
the  city  of  Philadelphia.  The  Tenth  Church  itself  was 
the  result  of  a  peaceful  colonization  in  1829.  Origi- 
nating in  the  benevolence,  foresight,  and  enterprise  of 
only  six  persons,  it  had  become  a  large  and  prosperous 
congregation,  numbering  more  than  five  hundred  com- 
municaiits.     For  many  years  its  pews  had  been  filled, 


334  PRESBYTERY 

SO  that  it  had  become  difficult  for  strangers  any  longer 
to  obtain  sittings.  It  numbered  nearly  seven  hundred 
scholars  and  teachers  in  its  Sunday  Schools,  it  was  free 
from  discord  and  from  debt,  it  had  been  blessed  for  a 
much  longer  period  than  is  granted  to  most  churches 
with  the  ministrations  of  the  same  beloved  pastor,  and 
it  was  felt  to  be  only  a  fitting  expression  of  gratitude 
to  the  Author  of  all  mercies  that  the  congregation  thus 
favored  should  in  its  turn  build  another  church,  and 
send  forth  a  colony  to  occupy  it. 

For  the  purpose  of  carrying  these  views  into  effect 
a  committee  was  appointed,  consisting  of  the  following 
gentlemen,  namely,  James  B.  Ross,  Singleton  A. 
Mercer,  Morris  Patterson,  James  Murphy,  Thomas 
Hoge,  and  James  Imbrie.  In  June,  1852,  the  lot  was 
secured,  at  the  corner  of  Seventeenth  and  Spruce  streets, 
on  which  the  church  edifice  now  stands. 

On  the  29th  of  March,  1854,  a  charter  was  obtained 
in  which  the  following  gentlemen  were  named  as  a 
Board  of  Trustees  to  act  until  May,  1856,  viz :  Moses 
Johnson,  Morris  Patterson,  Singleton  A.  Mercer,  John 
R.  Yodges,  James  B.  Ross,  James  Murphy,  William 
Brown,  William  Goodrich,  Theodore  Cuyler,  James 
Imbrie,  Jr.,  Maurice  A.  Wurts,  J.  Engle  Negus,  John 
Mc Arthur,  Jr.,  John  S.  Hart,  and  Anthony  J.  01m- 
stead. 

The  corner-stone  of  the  new  edifice  was  laid  April 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  335 

26,  1855,  by  the  Rev.  Dr,  Board  man,  assisted  by  several 
other  clergymen  of  various  denominations. 

The  contractor  was  Mr.  John  McArthur,  and  the 
architect  Mr.  John  McArthur,  Jr. ;  the  whole  building 
was  enclosed  and  roofed  in  before  the  close  of  1855. 

The  lecture-room  being  nearly  finished,  the  Trustees 
deemed  it  advisable  to  commence  public  worship 
^without  waiting  for  the  completion  of  the  main  build- 
ing. The  charter  provides  that  the  pastor  shall  be 
chosen  by  the  persons  whose  names  are  subscribed  to 
the  application  for  the  act  of  incorporation.  A  meeting 
of  said  subscribers  was  held  for  this  purpose  February 
14,  1856,  at  which  meeting  it  was  resolved  unanimously 
to  call  the  Rev.  William  P.  Breed,  of  Steuben ville, 
Ohio. 

At  a  meeting  held  in  the  lecture-room  of  the  Tenth 
Presbyterian  Church,  April  3,  1856,  Dr.  Boardman 
presiding,  it  was  announced  that  the  Presbj^tery  had 
appointed  the  following  committee  to  organize  the 
Church,  viz.:  Dr.  Engles,  Rev.  Mr.  Shields,  Paul  T. 
Jones,  James  Dixon,  and  Dr.  Boardman.  At  this 
meeting  James  Imbrie,  Jr.,  John  S.  Hart,  and  Morris 
Patterson  were  unanimously  elected  ruling  elders,  and 
John  McArthur,  Jr.,  deacon ;  the  Rev.  William  P. 
Breed  was  also  unanimously  chosen  pastor. 

The  lecture-room  was  opened  for  worship  on  Sabbath, 
May  18,  1856.     A  Sabbath  School  was  organized  in 


336  PRESBYTERY 

June,  1856.  The  installation  of  the  pastor-elect  took 
place  June  4th.  Dr.  Breed,  because  of  declining  health, 
resigned  the  charge  in  1887,  after  a  most  happy  and 
successful  pastorate,  and  was  made  Pastor  Emeritas, 

Present  Eldership. 
John  D.  McCord,  James  Speer, 

George  Junkin,  Albert  G.  Ileyl. 

Frank  K  Hippie, 

WESTMINSTER  CHURCH. 

Westminster  Church  was  organized  by  a  Committee 
of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  on  January  20, 1853. 
In  the  month  of  March,  1852,  the  hall  of  the  Franklin 
Hose  Company  on  Broad  Street  was  fitted  up  as  a 
Mission  Station  by  Mr.  John  Patterson,  and  with  the 
concurrence  and  approval  of  the  Church  Extension 
Committee,  mission  work  was  prosecuted  in  the  dis- 
trict. On  the  second  Sabbath  of  May  of  the  same  year 
the  Plall  was  opened  for  public  worship,  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Cheeseman  and  Rev.  Wm.  Blackwood,  officiating. 

On  the  third  Sabbath  Mr.  Robert  Watts,  a  graduate 
of  Princeton  Seminary,  at  the  call,  and  by  the  appoint- 
ment of  the  Church  Extension  Committee,  entered 
upon  his  labors  as  Missionary  in  the  place.  The  enter- 
prise was  crowned  with  such  signal  success,  that  at  the 
meeting  of  the  Presbytery  in  January,  1853,  "  the 
stated  worshippers"  collected  at  the  station  presented  a 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  337 

memorial  signed  by  105  persons  praying  Presbytery  to 
take  order  to  have  them  organized  into  a  church. 

Accordingly,  on  January  20,  1853,  the  Committee 
appointed  by  Presbytery  met,  the  Rev.  Wm.  Black- 
wood presiding,  and  the  organization  was  effected. 

On  the  17th  of  March,  following,  a  unanimous  call 
was  made  out  by  the  congregation  for  Rev.  Robert 
Watts,  which  being  accepted,  he  was  duly  ordained 
and  installed  as  the  regular  pastor  of  the  congregation. 

The  congregation  continued  to  worship  in  the  hall 
of  the  Franklin  Hose  House  until  the  erection  of  the 
present  imposing  structure  on  Broad  and  Fitzwater 
streets.  The  lecture-room  of  the  new  church  was 
opened  on  the  second  Sabbath  of  June,  1858.  The 
congregation  at  this  time  numbered  277  members. 

Dr.  Watts  continued  to  labor  with  great  energy  and 
success  until  1863,  when  he  resigned,  and  returned  to 
his  native  land.  He  was  settled  for  a  short  time  as 
pastor  of  a  church  in  the  city  of  Dublin,  and  was  sub- 
sequently called  in  1866  by  the  General  Assembly  to 
the  Chair  of  Systematic  Theology  in  Belfast  College,  a 
position  which  he  still  holds. 

For  almost  a  year  the  Westminster  pulpit  was  sup- 
plied by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Plumer,  who  also  acted  as  Mode- 
rator of  Session. 

On  June  14,  1864,  a  call  was  extended  to  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Irvine,  of  Hamilton,  Ontario,  Canada.  He  con- 
tinued to  act  as  Stated  Supply  until  the  close  of  1865, 


338  PRESBYTERY 

when  he  returned  to  the  Canadian  Church,  and  was 
settled  as  Pastor  of  Knox  Church  in  Montreah  He 
subsequently  removed  to  Augusta,  Georgia,  where  he 
died  recently. 

After  an  ineffectual  attempt  to  secure  the  Rev.  Dr. 
"Watts,  of  Dublin,  on  the  25th  of  September,  1867,  a 
call  was  made  out  for  the  Rev.  B.  L.  Agnew,  now 
pastor  of  the  Bethlehem  Church.  Dr.  Agnew  labored 
with  great  energy  and  success  for  nearly  three  years, 
and  in  May,  1870,  resigned  the  charge  to  accept  of  a 
call  to  the  !N"orth  Church  of  this  city. 

On  October  12,  1870,  a  call  was  made  out  for  the 
Rev.  Robert  Irvine,  D.D.,  which  he  declined. 

On  January  25, 1871,  another  call  was  made  out  for 
the  Rev.  Archibald  McCullagh.  This  was  also  declined. 
On  September  20,  1871,  a  call  was  made  out  for  the 
Rev.  W,  Gr.  Hillman.  Mr.  Hillman's  ministry  lasted  a 
little  over  two  years,  and  on  February  16,  1874,  he  re- 
signed the  charge  of  the  congregation. 

He  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  David  Winters,  of 
Patterson,  X.  J.,  now  of  Williamsport,  Pa.  Mr. 
"Winters  was  called  on  April  29,  1874.  Daring  his 
pastorate  of  nearly  eight  years  the  Church  made 
marked  progress.  A  rich  harvest  was  gathered  among 
the  young  who  had  grown  up.  ^ 

The  total  membership  was  575,  and  there  were  453 
in  the  Sabbath  School  and  Bible  Classes. 

The  labors  connected  with  a  widely-scattered  con- 


OF    PHILADELPHIA.  339 

gregation  proving  too  heavy  for  his  strength,  Mr. 
Winters  resigned  the  charge  on  I^ovember  23,  1881, 
and  removed  to  Olean,  ^.  Y. 

He  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  W.  H^.  Richie,  of  !N'ew 
York,  v^^ho  was  called  on  February  22,  1882.  His 
pastorate  lasted  nearly  three  years,  and  he  resigned 
January  20,  1885.  The  membership  reached  the  high- 
water  mark  during  Mr.  Richie's  ministry,  as  many  as 
649  communicants  being  reported  by  him  in  1884. 

The  present  pastor  is  the  Rev.  John  Kirkpatrick, 
formerly  of  'New  York,  and  still  more  recently  pastor 
of  Cooke's  Church,  Toronto,  Ontario,  Canada.  Mr. 
Kirkpatrick  was  called  on  December  16,  1885,  and 
installed  on  January  25,  1886.  Under  his  ministry  the 
Church  has  enjoyed  a  good  degree  of  harmony  thus  far. 
Its  membership,  which  had  fallen  off  considerably  from 
various  causes,  is  on  the  increase,  and  the  Church  is 
rapidly  resuming  its  former  strength  numerically, 
while  financially  its  position  is  stronger  than  it  has 
ever  been.  Its  growth,  if  not  so  rapid,  is  more  sub- 
stantial. Strange  as  it  may  seem,  Mr.  Kirkpatrick 
studied  theology  in  Belfast  under  Dr.  Watts,  the  first 
pastor  of  the  Church  where  he  now  succeeds  him,  and 
this  is  the  second  time  he  occupies  a  pulpit  which  had 
been  previously  filled  by  the  late  Dr.  Robert  Irvine,  of 
Augusta,  Dr.  Irvine  having  been  pastor  of  Cooke's 
Church,  Toronto,  in  1852-4.  Westminster  Church 
occupies  a  wide  and  important  field.     It  has  had  a 


340 


PRESBYTERY 


succession  of  excellent  pastors  and  a  grand  history. 
We  anticipate  for  her  a  career  of  even  greater  glory 
than  she  has  ever  witnessed  in  the  past. 

The  thirty -fifth  anniversary  of  the  Church  and  the 
second  of  the  present  pastorate  was  celebrated  with  the 
opening  of  the  Centennial  year,  under  circumstances 
which  give  ground  for  much  encouragement  to  both 
pastor  and  people. 

Elders. 

The  following  persons  have  been  Elders  in  this 
Church : — 


1853. 
John  Patterson, 
Joseph  Steele, 
Andrew  Little. 

1857. 
Major  Roseborough, 
James  Andrews. 

1868. 
John  T.  Halloway, 
Jared  Craig, 
Alex.  Patton, 
James  Moore, 
James  Baird. 


1876. 
■^Thos.  Brangan, 
Henry  Greenfield, 
'^Robert  Wilson, 
*Henry  Boyd. 

1884. 
^Matthew  Johnson, 
*Wm.  M.  Moore, 
Joseph  Martin, 
John  White, 
Alex.  R.  Gunn, 
*Adam  Tait. 


Those  marked  *  constitute  the  present  session,  with  Rev.  J.  Kirk- 
patrick,  the  pastor,  as  Moderator. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  341 


MARINERS'  CHURCH. 


This  church  originated  in  the  earliest  stage  of  that 
great  Christian  movement  to  give  the  Gospel  to  seamen 
which  began  about  1818,  and  soon  made  its  influence 
felt  in  all  the  ports  of  Christendom.  This  was  the 
oldest  mission  for  seamen  in  America  except  that  of 
the  "  Port  Society"  in  J^ew  York.  Mr.  Joseph  East- 
burn,  a  respected  mechanic,  of  very  limited  education, 
of  most  remarkable  piety,  faith,  and  zeal,  commenced 
preaching  to  seamen  in  his  72d  year,  in  a  sail-loft  near 
the  foot  of  Market  Street,  the  third  Sabbath  of  October 
(18th),  1819.  The  work  was  eminently  blessed  and 
very  successful  in  the  sail-loft  for  three  years,  when  the 
congregation  entered  their  own  new  church  on  Water 
Street  above  Walnut,  on  the  third  Sabbath  of  October, 
1824.  On  the  second  Sabbath  of  June,  1830,  the 
Mission  was  organized  as  an  independent  church, 
chiefly  under  Presbyterian  influences.  Dr.  Ashbel  Green 
taking  a  leading  part.  April  11,  1854,  the  Presbytery 
of  Philadelphia  organized  it  as  a  regular  Presbyterian 
Church.  Rev.  J.  B.  Ripley  then  became  its  pastor. 
William  Brobston,T.  H.  Elliott,  William  Smullen,and 
John  H.  Cassidy,  ruling  elders. 

As  such  it  has  continued  to  this  day,  under  the  care 
of  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia.  The  church  edifice 
ill  Water  Street  was  sold  in  1866,  and  the  congregation 


342  PRESBYTERY 

entered  their  present  churcli  corner  of  Front  and  Union 
streets  JSTovember,  1868. 

Ministers. 

Joseph  Eastburn,  1819  to  1828. 

Alfred  H.  Dashiel,  pastor,  1827  to  1836. 

Theodore  Elliott,  1836  to  1837. 

Solomon  F.  Ilolliday,  1838  to . 

Orson  Douglass,  pastor,  1838  to  1852. 

Charles  Eockwell,  1852  to  1853. 

J.  B.  Ripley,  pastor,  1854  to  1862. 

Charles  H.  Ewing,  pastor,  1862  to  1868. 

Henry  F.  Lee,  pastor-elect,  1868  to  1869. 

D.  H.  Emerson,  D.D.,  pastor,  1869  to  1872. 

A.  Vincent  Group,  pastor,  1872  to  1879. 

I.  V.  W.  Schenck,  pastor,  1880  to  1883. 

Henry  F.  Lee,  pastor,  1884,  and  now,  with  much 
success. 

The  church  has  had  dark  days,  but  has  been  in  God's 
hands  the  means  of  salvation  to  many  hundreds.  It 
now  has  a  reading-room  and  library,  which  is  open  all 
the  days  of  the  week  from  9  A.M.  to  10  P.M.  Its 
work  is  now  very  extensive  and  diversified,  and 
hundreds  of  souls  in  the  past  three  years  have  been 
brought  to  Christ  who  are  on  their  way  to  Heaven. 

Present  Eldership. 

George  S.  Pickell. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  343 


BETHANY  CHURCH. 


On  the  second  Sabbath  of  February  (Feb.  14th),  1858, 
a  Sabbath  School  was  opened  in  the  two  second-story 
rooms  of  the  house  2135  South  Street,  with  twenty- 
seven  scholars  and  two  teachers.  The  rooms,  halls, 
and  stairways  being  soon  crowded  with  scholars,  the 
erection  of  a  tent  was  resolved  upon,  and  on  the  18th 
of  July,  1858,  a  tent,  erected  on  the  north  side  of  South 
Street,  west  of  Twenty-first  Street,  was  opened  for 
religious  services,  and  a  sermon  was  preached  in  the 
morning  by  Eev.  Dr.  Challen.  So  great  was  the  suc- 
cess of  the  work  during  the  Summer  months,  that  a 
portion  of  the  lot  on  which  the  tent  was  pitched  was 
purchased,  and  on  the  18th  of  October,  the  corner-stone 
for  a  chapel  was  laid  with  appropriate  services. 

During  the  Winter,  and  while  the  chapel  was  being 
built,  the  School  met,  first,  in  the  depot  of  the  pas- 
senger railway,  and  afterwards  in  the  public  school- 
house  on  Twenty-third  Street.  On  the  27th  of  Jan., 
1859,  the  Bethany  Chapel  was  dedicated,  with  appro- 
priate services,  and  on  the  following  Sabbath  the  Sab- 
bath School  met  in  the  new  house,  with  two  hundred 
and  seventy-four  scholars  and  seventeen  teachers.  Jan. 
4,  1862,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Blauvelt  commenced  his  labors 
as  a  missionary  in  connection  with  the  enterprise,  re- 


344  PRESBYTERY 

signing  after  a  year,  tliat  lie  might  go  as  a  missionary 
to  a  foreign  field. 

Rev.  S.  T.  Lowrie,  D.D.,  was  called  to  labor  in  the 
chapel,  commenced  active  labors  Aug.  19,  1865.  On 
the  25th  of  Sept.,  the  same  j^ear,  a  Presbyterian  Church 
was  organized,  under  the  care  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Philadelphia,  and  Eev.  Dr.  Lowrie  was  installed  pastor 
I^ov.  11th. 

The  corner-stone  of  a  new  and  larger  building  was 
laid,  on  the  lot  at  the  southeast  corner  of  Twenty-second 
and  Shippen  (now  Bainbridge)  Streets,  and  on  Thursday, 
Feb.  13,  1870,  the  new  chapel  was  dedicated.  Dr. 
Lowrie,  in  1869,  resigned,  that  he  might  accept  a  call 
to  the  pastorate  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Abing- 
don, Pa.  Rev.  Dr.  J.  R.  Miller  became  pastor  in  Jan. 
1870,  and  resigned  in  1878  to  accept  a  call  to  a  church 
at  Rock  Island,  111.  Rev.  James  B.  Dunn,  D.D.,  com- 
menced his  ministrations  at  Bethany  as  pastor  on  the 
first  Sabbath  in  October,  1879.  After  his  resignation, 
the  Rev.  Dr.  A.  T.  Pierson  was  elected,  and  was, in- 
stalled N'ov.  25,  1883.  Under  Dr.  Pierson's  able  and 
faithful  ministry  the  church  continues  to  prosper,  as  it 
did  also  under  that  of  his  excellent  predecessors.  The 
congregation  is  very  large,  the  Sabbath  School  immense, 
and  at  a  recent  meeting  of  the  people  the  church  was 
entirely  freed  from  debt. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  345 

Present  Eldership. 

John  Wanamaker,  Robt.  S.  Murphy, 

James  H.  Coyle,  Wm.  Arthur,  Jr., 

Eobt.  A.  Brown,  Thos.  Francis, 

Chas.  Horman,  John  Patterson, 

Samuel  M.  Clements,  Thos.  Haig, 

Wm.  Boyd,  Geo.  Goodfellow, 

Edwin  Adams,  J.  W.  Hunter. 
John  E.  Codman, 

-WHARTON  STREET  CHURCH. 

Mrs.  Mary  Cornell,  a  member  of  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  at  her  death 
in  the  year  (A.D.)  1861,  after  several  bequests  to  her 
relatives,  left  her  residuary  estate  in  trust  to  William 
Purves  and  Ambrose  White,  elders  in  the  aforesaid 
church,  directing  them  to  apply  the  proceeds  of  it,  "to 
the  purchase  of  a  building  and  lot,  or  of  a  lot  and  the 
erection  of  a  suitable  building  for  a  Mission  Sabbath 
School  connected  with  the  First  Church."  .... 
"  My  intention  and  wish  being  that  the  said  Mission 
School  may  form  the  nucleus  of  a  Presbyterian  Church 
now  designated  in  common  parlance  as  the  IN'ew 
School."  (Extract  from  will.)  In  accordance  with 
these  provisions  and  directions,  a  lot  was  purchased 
at  the  corner  of  ITinth  and  Wharton  streets,  and  an 
23 


346  PRESBYTERY 

appropriate  building  was  built  and   completed  early 
in  the  Spring  of  1864. 

The  Mission  School,  which  had  been  conducted  in  a 
hired  room  in  Mcllvain  Street  for  several  years,  was 
removed  to  the  basement  of  the  new  building  in  the 
winter  of  1863-1864. 

On  the  first  day  of  May,  1864,  the  building  was 
opened  and  formally  dedicated.  A  sermon  was  preached 
by  the  Rev.  Albert  Barnes  from  Psalms  65 :  4,  and  the 
dedicatory  prayer  offered  by  the  Rev.  Thomas  Brainerd, 
D.D.,  the  other  services  being  conducted  by  the  Rev. 
Daniel  March,  D.D.,  and  the  Rev.  J.  Garland  Hamner. 
The  ministerial  charge  of  the  enterprise  was  com- 
mitted to  the  Rev.  J.  Garland  Hamner  of  the  Presby- 
tery of  Wilmington,  and  public  service  was  held  twice 
on  each  Lord's  Day  throughout  the  Summer  months. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Fourth  Presbytery  of  Philadel- 
phia, held  October  13,  1864,  a  petition  signed  by  forty- 
one  communicants  was  presented  requesting  Presbytery 
to  organize  them  into  a  church  to  be  known  as  "The 
Wharton  Street  Presbyterian  Church."  On  the  17th  of 
October,  1864,  the  Committee  appointed  by  Presbytery 
met  the  petitioners  and  organized  them  into  "  The 
Wharton  Street  Presbyterian  Church."  Marmaduke 
L.  Burr  w^as  elected  and  installed  elder.  The  first 
communion  was  held  on  the  afternoon  of  the  Lord's 
Day,  October   23,   1864.     Upon   which   occasion   The 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  347 

First  Presbyterian  as  a  body,  omitting  their  own 
service,  came  with  their  pastor,  Eev.  Albert  Barnes, 
and  sat  with  the  new-born  church.  In  the  vestibule  of 
the  church  the  congregation  have  erected  a  marble 
tablet  bearing  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  With  gratitude  to  God  The  Wharton  Street  Pres- 
byterian Church  erect  this  tablet  to  the  memory  of 

Mrs.  Mary  Cornell^  a  member  of  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church,  who  departed  this  life  March  24, 1860, 
and  by  her  last  will  gave  us  this  beautiful  Temple  in 
which  to  worship  God." 

During  the  past  twenty-four  years'  services  have  been 
conducted  regularly  in  the  church  by  the  following 
pastors  who  have  served  The  Wharton  Street  Presby- 
terian Church. 

Eev.  J.  Garland  Hamner  from  1864-1869. 

Rev.  J.  Henry  Sharpe,  from  1869-1875. 

Rev.  A.  W.  Williams,  from  1875-1885. 

And  the  Rev.  Francis  Edward  Smiley,  who  was 
ordained  to  the  ministry  and  installed  pastor  May  30, 
1886. 

Present  Eldership. 
Stephen  Ayres,  John  Gilmore. 

John  Bollinger, 


348  PRESBYTERY 

THE  GREENTVICH  STREET  CHURCH. 

On  the  6th  of  Apri],  1862,  a  few  of  the  members  of 
the  Third  Presbyterian  Church,  Rev.  Thomas  Brainerd, 
D.D.,  pastor,  organized  a  Sabbath  School  on  Reed 
Street  east  of  Second  Street.  The  school  occupied  the 
second  story  of  the  "Shiffler  Hose  House."  Mr. 
Randolph  Sailer  was  the  Superintendent.  The  enter- 
prise was  sustained  by  the  Missionary  Society  of  the 
Third  Church,  and  it  was  named  "  The  Brainerd  Mis- 
sion." The  attendance  gradually  increased  until  the 
room  became  too  small  to  accommodate  the  large  num- 
bers seeking  admission.  In  the  Spring  of  1865  the 
"  Pearson  lot"  on  Greenwich  Street  east  of  Moyamen- 
sing  Avenue,  held  in  trust  by  the  Third  Presbyterian 
Church,  became  available  for  church  purposes.  This 
lot,  80  feet  wide  and  200  feet  deep,  extended  from 
Greenwich  Street  to  Tasker  Street.  Under  the  leader- 
ship of  Mr.  Sailer,  and  largely  through  his  efforts,  the 
"  Greenwich  Street  ChcvpeV^  was  erected  upon  this  lot  at 
a  cost  of  $10,000.  The  Chapel  was  occupied  by  the 
Sabbath  School  on  the  First  Sabbath  of  January,  1866. 
Preaching  services  were  also  held  on  Sabbath  evenings 
during  the  greater  part  of  the  year. 

On  the  1st  of  June,  1867,  Mr.  William  Hutton,  a 
graduate  of  Hamilton  College  and  Union  Theological 
Seminary,  and  a  licentiate  of  the  Fourth  Presbytery  of 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  349 

Philadelphia,  was  invited  to  take  charge  of  the  enter- 
prise. He  accepted  the  invitation.  Preaching  services 
were  appointed  ;  weekly  meetings  for  prayer  and  Bible 
study  were  held,  and  systematic  visitation  of  the 
neighborhood  was  begun.  Mr.  Hutton  was  ordained 
an  Evangelist  by  the  Fourth  Presbytery  in  October, 
1867.  At  this  service  Rev.  R.  H.  Allen,  D.D.,  presided, 
and  the  sermon  was  preached  by  Rev.  T.  J.  Shephard, 
D.D.  In  the  meantime  the  attendance  upon  the  Sabbath 
and  week-day  services  increased,  quite  a  religious  interest 
was  developed,  and  the  desire  for  a  church  organization 
was  deeply  felt.  On  Sabbath  evening  December  8,  1867, 
exactly  six  months  after  Mr.  Hutton  took  charge  of 
the  Mission,  a  church  was  organized  by  a  Committee  of 
the  Fourth  Presbytery.  Twenty-six  persons  constituted 
the  new  organization.  Randolph  Sailer  and  Samuel 
Loag  were  elected  elders.  The  church  was  named 
"  The  Greenwich  Street  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
city  of  Philadelphia."  Mr.  Hutton  continued  as  Stated 
Supply  until  IN'ovember  5, 1868,  when  he  was  installed 
pastor  b}^  the  Fourth  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia.  Rev. 
Herrick  Johnson,  D.D.,  preached  the  installation  ser- 
mon. The  charge  to  the  pastor  was  delivered  by  Rev. 
Peter  Stryker,  D.D.,  the  charge  to  the  people  by  Rev. 
Richard  H.  Allen,  D.D.  Immediately  after  the  organi- 
zation of  the  church  special  services  were  commenced 
by  Mr.  Hutton,  and  as  a  result  of  these  services  the 


850  PRESBYTERY 

membership  was  doubled,  twenty-eight  persons  uniting 
at  the  following  communion.  Since  the  organization 
was  effected,  and  up  to  January  1,  1888,  five  hundred 
and  forty-three  persons  have  united  with  this  church. 
Of  this  number  three  hundred  and  eighty  united  on 
profession  of  faith.  The  church  suffered  severely  in 
the  death  of  Mr.  Sailer,  which  occurred  in  January, 
1869.  He  was  elder,  trustee,  and  Sabbath  School 
superintendent.  Educated  for  the  ministry  he  was  of 
great  assistance  to  the  pastor ;  while  by  his  large  and 
generous  contributions  he  sustained  the  congregation 
in  their  efforts  for  self-support.  In  1880  quite  an 
improvement  was  made  to  the  church  property.  The 
Greenwich  Street  front  was  removed,  an  addition  of 
twenty-two  feet  was  made  to  the  building,  and  a  beauti- 
ful Gothic  front  was  erected.  This  front  is  of  dark 
pressed  brick,  the  Gothic  arches  and  cornices  of  the 
towers  being  of  ornamental  brick,  buff'  and  brown  in 
color.  The  tower  on  the  east  is  fifty  feet  high  ;  that  on 
the  west  with  spire  is  100  feet  high.  In  the  latter  a  sweet- 
toned  bell  has  been  placed.  An  entrance  was  also  made 
from  Tasker  Street,  and  the  Tasker  Street  front  was 
considerably  elevated  and  otherwise  improved.  Eight 
beautiful  stained-glass  windows,  in  memory  of  de- 
ceased members,  were  placed  in  the  Greenwich  Street 
and  Tasker  Street  fronts.  The  interior  of  the  church 
was  also  improved.   It  was  painted,  papered,  carpeted, 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  351 

and  cushioned.  The  cost  of  these  varied  improvements 
amounted  to  $5300,  and  this  amount  was  raised  by  the 
pastor  in  over  450  subscriptions  of  from  ten  cents  to 
two  hundred  dollars  each.  The  building  as  thus 
enlarged  and  improved  was  dedicated  on  Sabbath  even- 
ing, iSTovember  14,  1880.  The  sermon  was  preached  by 
the  Eev.  W.  P.  Breed,  D.D.,  and  the  Revs.  Dr.  Colfelt, 
Dunn,  Mutchmore,  and  Shephard  participated  in  the 
dedicatory  exercises.  The  church  is  out  of  debt.  Mr. 
Hutton  is  still  pastor;  and  on  the  1st  of  June,  1888,  he 
will  have  completed  twenty-one  years  of  ministerial 
labor  in  connection  with  the  Greenwich  Street  Church. 
Qnite  recently  he  has  collected  over  $2500  with  which 
to  purchase  a  manse. 

Present  Eldership. 
G.  H.  Immendorf,  Wesley  Zener. 

Constantine  Bremer, 

HOPE  CHURCH. 

It  was  on  June  4,  1871,  that  John  A.  ISTeff,  an  active 
Sunday  School  worker,  gathered  a  few  of  the  children 
of  Gray's  Ferry  under  a  willow  tree,  then  called  Clark's 
Woods,  now  Patton  Street  and  Gray's  Ferry  Road,  and 
here  in  the  open  air  God  was  first  publicly  praised  by 
infant  voices.  The  late  Miss  Rebecca  M.  Clark,  seeing 
the  need  of  the  work,  gave  a  lot  of  ground  in  trust  to 


352  PRESBYTERY 

Mr.  William   Harmer,   John  Wanamaker,  and   John 
A.  Nefl*,  for  the  use  of  the  school. 

On  January  28, 1872,  the  first  meeting  was  held  in  a 
one-story  building  without  windows,  and  snowing.  An 
effort  was  then  made  to  find  a  church  to  care  for  the 
infant  child.  Mr.  Henry  ^N".  Paul,  one  of  the  elders  in 
Calvary  Church,  became  interested  ;  and  the  Rev.  Z. 
M.  Humphrey,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  pastor  of  Calvary  Church, 
w^hose  large  heart  and  generous  spirit  would  not  leave 
a  babe  in  the  woods,  called  the  attention  of  Presbytery 
to  the  infant  child.  That  generous  body,  knowing  the 
fostering  care  of  Calvary  Church,  gave  the  infant  to 
this  mother  to  be  nursed  by  her  for  the  glory  of  God. 
The  Eev.  Norman  W.  Carey  was  selected  by  the  Session 
and  took  charge  of  the  work  May  13, 1873,  and  labored 
faithfully  for  two  years,  laying  a  good  foundation  of 
seventy-five  children  in  the  Sunday  School  and  twenty- 
five  communicant  members.  He  resigned  the  work 
May  13, 1875,  and  the  Rev.  J.  Gray  Bolton,  just  gradu- 
ating from  Union  Theological  Seminary,  was  selected 
by  the  people  worshiping  at  the  Chapel,  and  the  Session 
of  Calvary  Church,  and  was  ordained  in  the  chapel  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  in  1875.  This  work 
has  been  a  steady  growth  by  the  increase  of  members 
and  property.  The  one-story  building  was  enlarged  by 
the  addition  of  a  two-story  building  of  five  rooms, 
study,   Bible-class    rooms,    library,   and    infant    class 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  353 

room,  which  has  been  used  up  to  the  present  for  church 
and  Sunday  School  purposes.  But  in  the  good  Provi- 
dence of  God  a  new  lot  was  secured  adjoining  the 
Sunday  School  building,  on  the  corner  of  Thirty-third 
and  Wharton  streets.  The  growth  of  the  church  soon 
made  it  necessary  to  have  a  church  building  ;  and  on 
New  Year's  eve,  between  the  hours  of  eleven  and 
twelve  o'clock,  the  last  week  of  the  old  year  1886, 
fifteen  hundred  and  sixty  dollars  was  subscribed  for  a 
new  church  building.  Then  a  building  committee  was 
appointed  by  the  pastor  at  the  request  of  the  financial 
board.  William  Baxter,  Andi-ew  P.  Haig,  George 
Mowbray,  and  IN'icholas  E.  Boyer  were  appointed. 

At  the  missionary  meeting  of  Calvary  Church  in 
January,  1887,  the  report  of  this  meeting  was 
announced,  and  that  Mr.  Bolton  had  secured  pledges 
for  $7000,  when  a  building  committee  was  selected 
by  the  missionary  society  to  cooperate  with  the  com- 
mittee of  the  chapel.  It  consisted  of  John  H.  Con- 
verse, Henry  iT.  Paul,  William  S.  Blight,  and  Robert 
]Sr.  Willson,  a  sufficient  amount  being  subscribed  to 
put  up  the  stone  work  and  put  on  the  roof.  A  contract 
was  made  for  that  amount,  June,  1887,  and  so  on  as 
money  had  been  promised.  The  corner-stone  was  laid 
October  15,  1887,  by  the  pastor,  assisted  by  William 
S.  Blight.  The  Revs.  Dr.  McCook,  Dickey,  Patton, 
McCurdy,  and  Gill  took  part  in  the  service,  and  now  a 


354  PRESBYTERY 

church  can  be  dedicated  free  of  debt  as  a  centennial 
offering  to  the  Presbyterian  Church,  May,  1888.  The 
additions  to  the  church  membership  during  these  thir- 
teen years  are  marked  tokens  of  God's  blessing, 
and  exceedingly  gratifying,  321  being  added,  74  of 
these  by  letter.  The  Sunday  School  has  now  500  on 
the  roll,  and  the  church  209  communicant  members. 
This  work  has  grown  and  developed  in  one  of  the  most 
neglected  parts  of  Philadelphia.  The  former  haunt  of 
the  Schuylkill  Rangers  is  now  the  place  of  praise  and 
prayer  to  the  triune  God,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost. 

GRACE  CHURCH. 

Grace  Presbyterian  Church,  at  Twenty-second  and 
Federal  streets,  was  organized  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Philadelphia  on  January  17,  1878.  Preaching  services 
had  been  commenced  in  that  vicinity  by  Rev.  Andrew 
Culver,  in  a  "  Big  Tent,"  under  the  auspices  of  Bethany 
Presbyterian  Church,  on  July  9,  1871.  A  Sabbath 
School  named  Grace,  of  about  sixty  scholars,  had  existed 
several  months  preceding,  which  was  held  in  Landreth 
Public  School  building,  at  Twenty-third  and  Federal 
streets.  This  was  taken  into  the  "  Big  Tent,"  and  con- 
tinued there  in  connection  with  the  preaching  services 
by  Mr.  Culver  about  seventeen  months.  In  the  mean 
time  Mr.  Culver  collected  about  200,000  bricks  from 
the   proprietors   of  the   surrounding  brickyards,  and 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  355 

solicited  money  from  individuals  and  churches  up  the 
city,  for  the  erection  of  the  building  at  Twenty-second 
and  Federal  streets.  The  ground  upon  which  the 
building  stands  was  donated  by  the  late  Mr.  David 
Landreth,  who  years  previously  had  his  well-known 
seed  garden  upon  the  surrounding  grounds. 

The  congregation  and  school  grew  rapidly ;  and 
at  the  suggestion  of  members  of  Presbytery  and  the 
request  of  the  people,  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia 
organized  the  church,  as  above  stated,  in  1878  ;  and 
Mr.  Culver  was  called  and  installed  pastor  on  March 
21, 1878.  Until  recently  the  church  was  embarrassed 
with  a  balance  of  indebtedness  upon  the  building,  when 
the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  through  its  "  City 
Mission  Committee,"  aided  the  church  in  the  liquida- 
tion of  the  entire  claims,  so  that  there  is  now  a  property 
clear  of  all  indebtedness  of  about  $25,000  in  value. 

Recently  about  five  hundred  new  buildings  have  been 
erected  in  the  vicinity  of  the  church,  and  the  attendance 
upon  the  church  services  and  the  Sabbath  school  has 
greatly  increased,  so  that  additional  conveniences  are 
needed,  and  the  church  is  hoping  that  some  way  may 
be  opened  by  which  means  may  be  obtained  for  these 
accommodations. 

Present  Eldership. 
Robert  Paul,  Wm.  Sidebottom. 

John  Littley, 


356  PRESBYTERY 

CHURCH  OF  THE  EVANGEL. 

The  Evangel  is  the  new  name  for  the  old  Fifteenth 
Church  at  Fifteenth  and  Lombard,  in  the  new  location 
at  Eighteenth  and  Tasker  streets.  At  that  point  a 
mission  had  been  in  successful  operation  for  a  few 
years,  when,  selling  the  old  property  at  Fifteenth  and 
Lombard,  the  proceeds  and  the  organization  were 
transferred  to  this  point,  the  mission  merging  with  the 
old  organization  under  this  new  name.  Li  May,  1887, 
a  beautiful  and  commodious  new  brick  building  was 
dedicated  free  of  debt.  The-  property  is  worth  $30,000. 
The  financial  success  of  the  enterprise  is  due  largely  to 
Mrs.  G.  S.  Benson,  and  her  son,  Mr.  G.  S.  Benson,  Jr. 
The  Sunday  School  numbers  400,  and  the  congregations 
are  steadily  increasing  under  the  ministrations  of  the 
pastor.  Rev.  W.  H.  Gill,  who  was  installed  in  May, 
1887,  though  he  had  been  pastor  elect  since  the  Autumn 
previous. 

Mr.  Gill  is  of  Irish  extraction,  received  his  Aca- 
demic training  at  Beaver,  Pa.,  his  collegiate  education 
at  Jefferson  College,  his  theological  at  Princeton  and 
Allegheny  Seminaries.  He  has  been  pastor  successively 
at  Greensburg  and  Allegheny,  Pa.,  Westfield,  ^N".  J., 
and  Otsego,  IN".  Y.,  previous  to  his  present  pastorate. 
Present  Eldership. 
Wm.  Thompson,  Chas.  Young, 

B.  S.  Keeler,  David  McAllister. 

A.  Hernlet, 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  357 

FIRST  AFRICAN  CHURCH. 

This  church  owes  its  existence,  under  God,  to  the 
Rev.  Archibald  Alexander,  D.D.,  who,  in  1806,  whilst 
pastor  of  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church  in  Philadel- 
phia, was  instrumental  in  forming  the  "  Evangelical 
Society  of  Philadelphia,"  an  institution  which  had 
special  reference  to  the  spiritual  welfare  of  the  colored 
population  of  the  city.  As  this  society  had  taken 
measures  for  organizing  the  colored  people  into  a 
Presbyterian  Church,  Dr.  Alexander,  by  application  to 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Gideon  Blackburn  of  Tennessee,  secured  the 
services,  as  a  missionary,  of  Mr.  John  Gloucester,  a 
slave  whose  freedom  Dr.  B.  had  purchased,  and  who 
was  of  much  promise  for  usefulness  in  preaching  the 
gospel.  In  this  movement  Dr.  Alexander  had  the 
cordial  cooperation  of  Rev.  Drs.  Ashbel  Green,  J.  J. 
Janeway,  George  C.  Potts,  and  Elders  McMullin, 
Markoe,  JS'assau,  Ralston,  and  Capt.  Moore. 

Mr.  Gloucester,  who  had  been  licensed  and  ordained 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Union,  Tennessee,  April  30,  1810, 
was  received,  on  his  testimonials,  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Philadelphia,  April  16,  1811.  Mr.  Gloucester  was  a 
man  of  fervent  piety,  as  well  as  much  preaching  ability, 
and  his  earnest  labors  were  greatly  blessed.  In  the 
latter  part  of  May  or  early  in  June,  1807,  the  "  First 
African    Presbyterian    Church"   was  organized,  Drs. 


358  PRESBYTERY 

Alexander  and  Green,  and  other  friends  of  the  cause 
officiating  on  the  occasion.  This  was  the  first  African 
Preshyterian  Church  established  in  the  United  States. 

In  1809  a  lot  at  the  corner  of  Shippen  and  Seventh 
streets  was  purchased  for  a  church  edifice,  the  corner- 
stone was  laid  by  the  Rev.  George  Potts  in  1810,  and 
the  building  was  dedicated  to  the  service  of  God  May 
31,  1811,  the  Rev.  Dr.  A.  Alexander,  who  had  pre- 
viously removed  to  Princeton,  preaching  the  sermon. 
Here  Mr.  Gloucester  labored  very  diligently  and  suc- 
cessfully until  his  death,  which  occurred  May  2,  1822, 
in  the  forty-sixth  year  of  his  age. 

May  8,  1822,  Rev.  Samuel  E.  Cornish  was  elected 
pastor.  This  election  led  to  a  division  of  the  church, 
a  part  of  the  congregation  being  organized  into  a  Sec- 
ond African  Church  in  March,  1824.  Mr.  Benjamin 
Hughes  was  pastor  of  the  church  from  May,  1824,  until 
i^ovember  of  the  same  year.  The  church  then  depended 
on  supplies  for  three  years.  Mr.  Charles  Gardner  sup- 
plied the  pulpit  1827-30.  Mr.  Cornish  again  served 
the  congregation  as  supply  1831-2.  Dr.  Green,  under 
appointment  of  Presbytery,  took  the  care  of  the  church 
1833-5.  Mr.  !N'athan  Harned  was  supply  of  the  church 
1835-6.  Rev.  Charles  W.  Gardner  was  installed  pas- 
tor July  5,  1836.  After  his  resignation.  Presbytery 
supplied  the  pulpit  by  Rev.  Grifiith  Owen,  Dr.  Cuyler, 
Dr.  Joseph  H.  Jones,  and  others,  for  seven  years.     Rev. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  359 

Wm.  T.  Catto  was  pastor  1854-7;  Rev.  Jonathan  C. 
Gibbs  1859-65  ;  Rev.  Reading  B.  Johns  1873-9  ;  Rev. 
Albert  S.  Mays  1883-7.  The  Rev.  Alfred  I^Tevin,  D.D., 
LL.D.,  at  the  request  of  the  congregation,  and  by  ap- 
pointment of  Presbytery,  is  at  present  Stated  Supply  of 
the  pulpit,  and  an  effort  is  being  made  with  encourag- 
ing hope  of  success  to  secure  a  new  house  of  worship. 

In  1839  Mr.  I.  Williams,  a  member  of  the  Sixth 
Presbyterian  Church,  Dr.  J.  H.  Jones,  pastor,  by  will 
left  $500  to  the  church.  The  Demosthenes  Society 
(colored)  also  gave  a  donation  of  $60  for  the  use  of  the 
trustees.  Subsequently,  1849,  Dr.  Ashbel  Green  left  by 
will  $50  for  the  church,  and  an  equal  sum  for  Rev.  C. 
W.  Gardner,  formerly  the  pastor. 

Present  Eldership. 
Robert  Adger,  Samuel  Jones. 

Henry  Boyer, 

CENTRAL  CHURCH  (AFRICAN). 

This  Church  was  founded  in  1844  by  Rev.  Stephen 
Gloucester,  a  son  of  the  Rev.  John  Gloucester,  noticed 
in  the  sketch  of  the  First  African  Church.  It  is 
located  in  Lombard  Street,  below  Ninth.  The  edifice 
is  a  fine  brick  building,  and  its  interior  architecture 
and  furniture  are  neat  and  comfortable.  It  has  a  base- 
ment with  a  lecture-room,  session-room,  and  minister's 


860  PRESBYTERY 

study,  with  a  fine  library  attached.  The  E-ev.  John  B. 
Reeve,  P.D.,  has  for  many  years  been  its  pastor,  and 
under  his  faithful  ministrations  the  church  enjoys  a 
high  degree  of  prosperity. 

Present  Eldership. 

Robert  Jones,  William  Still, 

John  S.  Dunn,  Thos.  C.  Jones. 

South-western  church. 

I.  Organization, — The  Southwestern  Church  was  or- 
ganized by  direction  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia, 
Feb.  8,  1853,  by  a  committee,  of  which  Rev.  John 
McDowell,  D.D.,  was  chairman.  Rev.  William  Black- 
wood, D.D.,  LL.D.,  was  moderator  of  the  session  until 
the  first  pastor  was  installed.  The  church  was  first 
located  on  the  west  side  of  Twentieth  Street,  below 
Pine.  The  present  house  of  worship,  on  the  northeast 
corner  of  Twentieth  and  Fitzwater  Streets,  was  dedi- 
cated March  10,  18G1.  The  parsonage,  adjoining  the 
church  on  the  north,  was  erected  during  1869  and  1870, 
at  a  cost  of  $8000. 

II.  Pastors. — Rev.  James  McCaskie,  a  native  of 
Ireland,  and  who  had  served  the  church  as  Stated  Sup- 
ply from  its  organization,  was  ordained  and  installed 
its  first  pastor,  July  12,  1854.  He  was  released  June 
20, 1864,  and  ever  since  has  been  in  the  ministry  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Ireland. 


or   PHILADELPHIA.  861 

Rev.  John  McLeod,  a  native  of  Philadelphia,  who 
was  then  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Domestic  Missions 
Q^ew  School),  was  elected  the  second  pastor  of  this 
church  Sept.  27,  1864;  and,  having  served  the  church 
as  pastor-elect  from  his  election,  was  duly  installed  in 
1866.  After  a  score  of  years  of  faithful  and  successful 
service,  on  account  of  failing  health  he  resigned,  and 
was  released  Feb.  4, 1884,  and  is  now  living  in  London, 
England. 

Rev.  Irwin  P.  McCurdy,  D.D.,  a  native  of  Western 
Pennsylvania,  who  was  then  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Frederick  City,  Maryland,  and  Professor  of 
Greek  and  Higher  Mathematics  in  Frederick  Seminary, 
was  elected  the  third  pastor  of  this  church,  April  14, 
1884,  and  was  installed  June  29, 1884. 

III.  SiqjpUes. — The  following  ministers  have  served 
this  church  as  acting  pastors  at  different  periods :  Rev. 
Tryon  Edwards,  D.D.,  Rev.  Edward  B.  Bruen,  Prof. 
Robert  Ellis  Thompson,  D.D.,  and  Rev.  Willard  M. 
Rice,  D.D.  All  the  pastors  and  supplies  of  this  church 
are  still  living. 

lY.  Mders.— This  church  has  had  17  elders.  The 
following  are  now  in  active  service:  Samuel  Fulton, 
installed  Sept.  4, 1869  ;  Charles  Edward  Miller,  Charles 
Crudden,  William  McKnight,  and  James  Moore,  in- 
stalled July  2,  1876  ;  James  McLaughlin,  David  Mor- 
rison, and  William  Riddagh,  installed  March  20, 1887. 

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362  PRESBYTERY 

V.  Prcscvt  Condition. — Daring  the  present  pastorate 
the  membership  of  the  church  has  increased  from  290 
to  over  400  communicants,  not  including  more  than  200 
names  transferred  to  the  "  Reserve  Roll."  The  activi- 
ties of  the  congregation  have  been  developed  by 
thorough  organization,  and  the  church,  in  every  de- 
partment, is  in  a  better  condition  than  at  any  time  in 
its  history.  The  church  building  has  recently  under- 
gone extensive  repairs. 

CHAMBERS  CHURCH. 

The  Chambers  Presbyterian  Church  of  Philadelphia 
■was  founded  by  the  Rev.  John  Chambers,  D.D.,  who 
came  from  Baltimore  in  the  month  of  May,  1825,  to 
enter  on  his  duties  as  pastor  of  the  ISTinth  Presbyterian 
Church,  then  occupying  a  small  brick  building  on  the 
west  side  of  Thirteenth  Street,  above  Market. 

The  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  however,  refused  to 
ordain  Mr,  Chambers,  owing  to  his  views  on  the  doc- 
trine of  predestination.  He  was  ordained  by  the  Asso- 
ciation of  Congregational  Ministers  of  ]S"ew  Haven,  Con- 
necticut, and  then  he  established  the  congregation  known 
for  about  fifty  years  in  Philadelphia  as  "  The  First  In- 
dependent Church,  Broad  Street."  This  body  erected 
the  present  church  building  at  the  northeast  corner  of 
Broad  and  Sansom  streets.  The  corner-stone  was  laid 
in  March,  1831. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  363 

Under  Dr.  Chambers's  pastorate  this  organization 
flourished,  having  at  times  fully  1200  members.  On 
Feb.  14,  1858,  the  Bethany  Mission  (now  the  Bethany 
Presbyterian  Church)  was  started  by  John  Wanamaker, 
directly  under  the  auspices  and  with  the  aid  of  Mr. 
Chambers  and  his  church. 

In  October,  1873,  Mr.  Chambers,  his  elders,  and  all 
his  people  entered  the  Presbyterian  fold,  and  were  en- 
rolled as  the  Chambers  Presbyterian  Church. 

Dr.  Chambers  died  in  December  of  1875. 

From  1875  to  1884  two  pastors  occupied  the  pulpit, 
Drs.  Westwood  and  Otts.  The  latter  returned  to  the 
South,  as  the  climate  did  not  agree  with  his  family,  and 
the  Chambers  Church  then  called  Rev.  Thomas  A.  Hoyt, 
D.D.,  the  present  pastor,  under  whose  care  the  church 
is  prospering. 

The  eloquent  and  instructive  sermons  preached  by 
Dr.  Hoyt  fill  the  church  on  Sabbath  mornings  with 
appreciative  audiences,  many  of  whom  are  strangers, 
to  whom  this  church,  owing  to  its  position,  is  very 
easy  of  access.  The  people  of  the  church  have  found 
in  Dr.  Hoyt  a  preacher  nearer  to  their  hearts  than  any 
pastor  since  the  death  of  Dr.  Chambers. 

Present  Eldership. 
Francis  Kewland,  Thomas  P.  Dill, 

Edward  S.  Lawyer,  Frederick  J.  Buck,  M.D., 

John  C.  Hunter,  Robert  H.  Hinckley. 


364  PRESBYTERY 

"WALNUT    STREET  CHURCH. 

In  the  year  1828  a  small  buikling  wa3  erected  on  the 
lot  where  the  present  edifice  now  stands  (Walnut 
Street,  west  of  Thirty-ninth),  hy  the  members  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Philadelphia.  The  ground 
itself  had  been  presented  to  the  Presbyterians  by  Mr. 
Hamilton,  in  1808,  on  condition  that  they  erect  a  house 
of  worship  upon  it  within  twenty  years.  For  ten  years 
occasional  services  were  held  in  this  building,  usually 
by  members  of  the  Third  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia. 

In  1838  the  Rev.  John  McKnight  began  to  hold 
regular  preaching  services,  and  on  the  4th  day  of  March, 
1840,  the  church  was  organized.  Mr.  McKnight  re- 
mained on  this  Home  Missionary  field  till  1852. 

After  Mr.  McKnight's  resignation.  Rev.  J.  Glent- 
worth  Butler,  D.D.,  became  the  pastor,  October,  1852, 
and  remained  so  till  the  Winter  of  1868.  During  his 
ministry  the  present  edifice  was  erected,  and  at  his 
retirement  there  were  227  names  on  the  roll  of  the 
church. 

In  the  Spring  of  1868  the  present  pastor.  Rev.  S.  W. 
Dana,  D.D.,  was  called  to  this  church,  where  he  has 
labored  twenty  years.  Within  that  time  the  church 
edifice  has  been  enlarged,  a  large  new  Sunday  school 
room  erected,  the  interior  of  the  church  frescoed  and 
remodeled,  a  new  organ  put  in,  all  of  which  have  been 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  365 

paid  for,  and  an  old  debt  cancelled,  so  that  there  is  no 
incumbrance  upon  the  property.  The  present  member- 
ship is  857,  and  the  Sunday  schools  number  over  1200. 
Walnut  Street  Church  is  highly  prosperous  in  all  its 
departments  under  the  ministry  of  its  acceptable  and 
efficient  pastor.  Its  contributions  for  denominational 
and  general  benevolent  purposes  are  always  on  a  high 
scale  of  liberality,  and  its  Christian  activities  are  vigor- 
ous and  successful. 

Present  Eldership. 

Hon.  J.  Allison,  LL.D.,        H.  M.  Lewis, 
Samuel  Field,  Hon.  John  Scott, 

Wm.  G.  Morehead,  John  D.  Wattles. 

CALVARY  CHURCH. 

This  church  was  organized  November  10, 1853,  with 
eight  members,  and  its  beautiful  house  of  worship 
dedicated  to  Grod. 

The  first  pastor  of  the  church  was  the  Rev.  John 
Jenkins,  D.D.,  who  resigned  the  relation  August  10, 
1863,  and  took  charge  of  a  church  in  Montreal, 
Canada. 

The  second  pastor  was  the  Rev.  Walcott  Calkins, 
D.D.,  who  was  installed  April  11,  1864,  and,  after  a 
little  more  than  two  years'  faithful  labor,  resigned  the 
charge  October  29,  .1866. 


366  PRESBYTERY 

Dr.  Calkins  was  succeeded  in  the  pastorate,  May, 
1868,  by  the  Rev.  Z.  M.  Humphrey,  D.D.,  by  whom  it 
was  filled  until  May,  1875,  when  he  resigned,  to  accept 
the  Professorship  of  Ecclesiastical  History  and  Church 
Polity  in  Lane  Theological  Seminary,  Cincinnati.  Dr. 
Humphrey  was  elected  Moderator  of  the  General  As- 
sembly at  Chicago  in  1871.  He  died  ISTovember  13, 
1881.  He  w^as  a  gentleman  of  lovely  spirit  and  schol- 
arly attainments,  a  gifted  preacher,  and  a  faithful  ser- 
vant of  Christ. 

Rev.  Charles  Andrews  Dickey,  D.D.,  pastor  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  was  called 
to  Calvary  Church  in  December,  1875,  and  still  con- 
tinues to  be  its  pastor.  Under  his  faithful  ministry 
the  church  has  sustained  its  previous  character  and 
reputation.  In  addition  to  other  important  service 
which  Dr.  Dickey  renders  to  the  work  of  his  denomi- 
nation, he  has  from  its  organization  been  a  trustee  of 
the  Presbyterian  Hospital,  and  is,  at  present,  the  effi- 
cient President  of  its  Board. 

There  has  been  a  missionary  association  in  existence 
in  this  church  since  January  12, 1855,  and  on  its  roll 
stands  the  name  of  the  Rev.  Gerald  F.  Dale,  the  gifted 
and  devoted  missionary,  who  recently  died  in  the 
Master's  service  in  Syria. 

Calvary  Church  has  been  eminently  active  and  suc- 
cessful in  the  organization  of  new  churches  in  the  city. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  367 

On  September  14,  1855,  by  its  generous  contributions 
and  fostering  care  Olivet  Church  was  brought  into  ex- 
istence. In  1857  it  started  "  Carmel"  (which  has  since 
become  E"orth  Broad  Street  Church,  Rev.  Dr.  Harper's) 
and  "Tabor"  Churches,  in  1868  "Hermon,"  and  in 
1872  it  started  "  Hope,"  which  it  has  ever  since  sus- 
tained, and  for  which  it  is  this  year  building  a  church 
costing  $20,000. 

The  contributions  of  Calvary  Church  aggregate 
about  $1,500,000.  Its  present  membership  is  about 
600.  The  Centennial  year  contributions  will  be  more 
than  $50,000. 

This  church  has  an  excellent  record,  and  exerts  a 
wide  influence  for  good.  Several  of  its  deceased  elders 
are  elsewhere  noticed  in  this  volume. 

Present  Eldership. 

John  H.  Atwood,  Robert  Willson, 

Henry  K  Paul,  John  B.  Gest. 

M.  L.  Frederick, 

TABOR  CHURCH. 

In  March,  1857,  a  Sabbath  School  was  opened  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Philadelphia  Sabbath-School  Asso- 
ciation, in  a  small  building  on  Monroe  Street,  between 
Seventeenth  and  Eighteenth  streets.  The  school  in- 
creased  rapidly,  and  was  removed  to  the  corner  of 


368  PRESBYTERY 

Catharine  and  Seventeenth  streets,  taken  under  the  care 
of  the  Missionary  Association  of  the  Calvary  Presby- 
terian Church,  and  superintended  by  Mr.  J.  S.  Ciim- 
mings.  The  Association  soon  after  purchased  a  lot  at 
the  southeast  corner  of  Seventeenth  and  Fitzwater 
streets,  and  erected  thereon  a  handsome  brick  building, 
fitting  up  the  first  floor  for  Sabbath  School  purposes, 
and  the  "  Upper  Room"  for  public  worship.  The  build- 
ing was  dedicated  in  November,  1857,  and  named 
Tahor  Chapel. 

In  July,  1858,  a  Missionary  Association  invited 
the  Eev.  George  Van  Deurs  to  take  charge  of  the 
enterprise  as  Missionary  Pastor,  under  whose  ministry, 
in  connection  with  the  activity  of  his  colaborers  in  the 
Sabbath  School,  it  made  great  progress.  In  March, 
1863,  enlarged  accommodations  being  required,  Mr.  M. 
W.  Baldwin,  an  elder  in  Calvary  Church,  purchased  a 
lot  at  the  southwest  corner  of  Eio-hteenth  and  Christian 
streets  for  the  congregation,  and  undertook  to  furnish 
them,  at  his  own  expense,  with  a  church  edifice.  On 
the  23d  of  April  the  people  worshiping  at  Tabor  Chapel, 
though  still  belonging  to  Calvary  Church,  were  organ- 
ized into  a  separate  and  distinct  body  called  the  Tabor 
Presbyterian  Church.  On  the  2d  of  July  the  corner- 
stone of  the  Church,  at  Eighteenth  and  Christian  streets, 
was  laid  by  Miss  Cecelia  Baldwin,  the  daughter  of  Mr. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  369 

M.  W.  Baldwin,  to  whom  the  people  presented  a  silver 
trowel  as  a  token  of  grateful  remembrance. 

Mr.  Yan  Deurs's  labors  were  greatly  blessed  in  this 
field.  He  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Robert  Adair, 
who  was  pastor  with  marked  faithfulness  and  success, 
1871-80,  and  who,  on  resigning  the  charge,  was  made 
Pastor  Emeritus.  Rev.  W.  B.  Skillman  followed  Mr. 
Adair  in  the  pastorate,  and  still  occupies  the  position. 
Under  his  earnest  and  acceptable  ministry  the  church 
is  in  a  highly  prosperous  condition. 

WOODLAND  CHURCH. 

The  Woodland  Presbyterian  Church  was  authorized 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  July  3,  1865,  and 
incorporated  April  11,  1866.  The  action  of  Presbytery 
was  based  upon  the  favorable  report  of  a  committee — 
Dr.  W.  E.  Schenck,  chairman — appointed  in  the  early 
part  of  the  same  year  to  consider  the  expediency  of 
establishing  a  Sunday  School  in  West  Philadelphia. 
Continuing  its  conferences  with  friends  of  the  project, 
the  committee  finally  requested  the  following  to  act  as 
a  provisional  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  new  church : 
John  McArthur,  Jr.,  J.  L.  Sprogel,  Rev.  Henry  Reeves, 
J.  R.  Mason,  Cornelius  K  Stribling,  C.  A.  Findley, 
Maurice  A.  Wurtz,  and  Rev.  S.  H.  McMullin. 

Thus  appointed,  the  Board  shortly  afterwards  asso- 


370  PRESBYTERY 

ciated  with  themselves  James  M.  Sellers,  William 
Montelius,  and  F.  P.  Harkthal. 

The  records  of  the  church  in  the  Fall  of  1865  show- 
frequent  meetings  of  the  Board,  and,  very  soon,  a  lot 
was  selected,  immediately  to  the  east  of  the  present 
location  of  the  chapel.  On  this  lot,  standing  quite  a 
distance  back  from  the  present  line  of  Pine  Street,  was 
begun  the  building  now  used  as  a  chapel.  Pending 
its  erection,  however,  the  church  feeling  and  fellowship 
^vere  sustained  and  developed  by  instituting  weekly 
prayer-meetings — held  at  first  in  the  school-room  of  the 
Rev.  S.  H.  McMulliu,  K.  E.  cor.  40th  and  Baltimore 
Avenue. 

The  building  was  finished  in  the  latter  part  of  March, 
1866.  Meantime,  the  interest  had  extended  so  that 
when,  on  Friday  evening  March  23,  Presbytery's  com- 
mittee met  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  the  church, 
certificates  of  dismission  were  presented  to  the  num- 
ber of  thirty-four.  At  the  same  meeting,  Dr.  M.  B. 
Grier  presiding,  the  church  elected  Samuel  R.  Mason, 
Maurice  A.  Wurtz,  and  William  Montelius  elders. 
Sunday  morning,  March  25,  the  church  was  dedicated, 
and  on  August  28th  the  Rev.  Wallace  Radclifte  was 
ordained  and  installed  pastor. 

The  enterprise  was  an  immediate  success,  l^umbers 
increased  rapidly  until,  as  the  treasurer,  Mch.  31, 1868, 
writes,  "  We  had  no  room  to  grow.    All  the  available  pews 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  371 

were  rented  the  fir  sty  ea7\  .  .  .  If  the  mission  of  this  church 
is  simply  to  fill  this  house^  then  we  have  fulfilled  our  mission 
and  our  work  is  done.'^  Hence  arose  the  question  of  a  new 
building.  A  building  committee  was  appointed,  consist- 
ing of  the  following  gentlemen:  John  McArthur,  Jr., 
William  Milligan,  Francis  Squire,  John  P.  Logan, 
William  Montelius,  Maurice  Wurtz,  Henrj  Gregory, 
and  the  pastor.  The  years  1868-9  were  spent  in  nego- 
tiating for  a  lot  and  in  securing  subscriptions — amounts 
which,  read  to-day,  show  intense  devotion  to  the  cause. 
After  embarrassing  delays  the  lot  42d  and  Pine  was 
secured,  and  on  Monday  morning,  August  16,  1869, 
"  the  first  dirt  was  thrown  up  by  James  M.  Sellers  and 
Miss  Willard  in  the  presence  of  twenty  or  thirty  of  the 
congregation^^ 

The  building  was  finished  in  the  latter  part  of  1870. 
Prior  to  this,  however,  the  Eev.  Wallace  Radcliffe  had 
resigned,  and  the  Eev.  James  M.  Crowell,  D.D.,  had 
been  called.  The  new  building  was  dedicated  January 
1,  1871,  and  Dr.  Crowell  was  installed  January  12. 
His  coming  gave  a  new  impetus  to  the  work,  fifty-five 
members  being  added  within  three  months.  The  total 
membership  reported  to  Presbytery  April  1,  1871,  was 
132,  and  during  the  rest  of  his  pastorate  the  church 
records  show  a  continual  increase  in  the  membership. 
On  February  28,  1883,  Dr.  Crowell  resigned,  engaging 
in  the  service  of  the  American  Sunday  School  Union. 


372  PRESBYTERY 

For  two  3'ears  succeeding  this  the  church  was  under  the 
care  of  Rev.  Leonard  Wolsey  Bacon  as  Stated  Supply. 
Dr.  Bacon's  ministry  inchided  the  performance  of  all 
the  pastoral  duties,  and  brought  the  church  great 
material  advantage. 

The  present  pastor,  the  Rev.  James  Stuart  Dickson, 
was  installed  July  2,  1886,  since  which  time  fifty-two 
have  been  added  on  certificate  and  thirty-two  on  pro- 
fession, a  pleasant  feature  of  which  is  the  large  propor- 
tion from  the  Sabbath  School.  On  Christmas  day,  1887, 
Mr.  Dickson,  to  the  great  joy  of  the  people,  announced 
that  subscriptions  had  been  made,  covering  the  entire 
indebtedness  of  the  church — a  mortgage  of  $19,000. 
Under  God  this  result  was  due  to  the  generous  aid  of 
friends  outside  of  the  church,  to  the  hearty  cooperation 
of  the  membership,  and  lastly  to  Mr.  Dickson  himself, 
as  the  projector  of  the  scheme  and  the  inspiration  of 
all. 

"WYLIE  MEMORIAL  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH, 

(formerly  the  "First  Reformed  Presbj^terian  Church, 
Philadelphia,")  was  organized  January  28,  1798,  by  a 
commission  of  the  Reformed  Presbytery.  Its  religious 
services  were  held  originally  in  the  humble  abode  of 
Thomas  Thompson,  near  South  and  Penn  streets,  and 
afterwards  at  Carson's  School  House  in  Gaskill  Street, 
and  in  a  building  erected  by  the  congregation  in  St. 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  373 

Mary's  Street.  In  1817  a  church  was  erected  on  Elev- 
enth Street  near  Market,  and  in  1854  another  building 
on  Broad  Street  below  Spruce.  One  of  the  sermons  at 
the  dedication  of  this  building  was  preached  by  Rev. 
Alexander  Duff,  D.D.,  the  celebrated  missionary  of  the 
Free  Church  of  Scotland.  Here  also  was  held  the  great 
!N'ational  Presbyterian  Convention  in  November,  1867, 
which  resulted  in  1869  in  the  reunion  of  the  Old  and 
E'ew  School  departments  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
The  Rev.  Samuel  B.  Wylie,  D.D.,  ordained  June  25, 
1800,  was  installed  as  its  first  pastor  in  1803  and  con- 
tinued in  office  honored  and  beloved  till  his  eminent 
and  useful  labors  w^ere  closed  by  death,  October  13, 
1852.  The  Rev.  T.  W.  J.  Wylie,  D.D.,  his  son  (the 
present  efficient  pastor),  was  ordained  October  26, 1843, 
and  installed  as  assistant  and  successor  to  his  father, 
and  under  his  long,  faithful,  and  acceptable  ministry 
the  church  has  been  blessed  with  marked  prosperity. 
The  number  of  communicants  is  542.  The  Sabbath 
Schools  consist  of  426  officers,  teachers,  and  pupils,  of 
whom  123  are  in  connection  with  the  Colored  Mission 
School.  Thirty- eight  persons  connected  with  the  con- 
gregation have  become  preachers  of  the  gospel,  and  nine 
persons  have  gone  as  missionaries  to  the  foreign  field. 
Eleven  other  churches  in  Philadelphia  have  derived 
their  origin  from  this  congregation  or  from  churches 
formed  from  it.     During  the  late  war  ninety-seven  per- 


374  PRESBYTERY 

sons  enlisted  in  the  army,  of  whom  several  became 
officers  of  various  ranks ;  a  number  served  under  the 
Christian  Commission,  of  which  one  of  the  members  of 
this  church,  the  Hon.  Geo.  II.  Stuart,  was  the  president. 
Sixty-five  persons  connected  with  the  church  or  Sab- 
bath School  have  become  preachers  of  the  gospel.  Ten 
(males  and  females)  have  become  missionaries  on  the 
Foreiorn  field. 

Present  Eldership. 
Geo.  H.  Stuart,  W.  J.  Chambers, 

M.  Scott,  J.  II.  Jackson, 

T.  M.  Kerr,  D.  Chambers, 

Jno.  Drain,  Geo.  McFadden. 

J.  Haggerty, 

HOLLOND  MEMORIAL  CHURCH. 

The  history  of  Hollond  is  part  of  the  history  of  the 
Tenth  Presbyterian  Church.  Since  the  founding  of  the 
Moyamensing  Mission  in  1843,  the  Old  Tenth  has 
wrought  in  this  field  with  true  Missionary  spirit. 
Rev.  Henry  A.  Boardman,  D.D.,  used  his  influence  in 
behalf  of  the  Mission  in  his  large-hearted  way  through- 
out his  life.  Besides  directing  the  liberality  of  liberal 
people  towards  the  School,  he  remembered  the  needs 
of  the  work  by  personal  bequest.  His  successors.  Rev. 
John  Dewitt,  D.D.,  and  the  Rev.  Wm.  Brenton  Greene, 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  375 

and  a  faithful  band  of  teachers  and  contributors  have 
to  this  day  assisted  in  the  work  with  unswerving 
fidelity. 

The  Moyamensing  Mission  was  established  March, 
1843,  in  a  hall  on  Christian  Street  near  Ninth,  by  mem- 
bers of  the  Tenth  Presbyterian  Church.  The  first 
Superintendent  was  Andrew  P.  Happer,  then  a  medical 
student,  now  the  Eev.  A.  P.  Happer,  D.D.,  missionary 
in  China.  The  School  prospered,  and  in  1848  a  lot  was 
purchased,  and  a  building  erected  on  Carpenter  Street 
below  Tenth.  Much  of  the  success  of  this  School  was 
due  to  the  efficient  leadership  of  Mr.  Maurice  K. 
Wurtz,  and  the  mission  spirit  of  teachers  from  other 
churches.  In  1856  Rev.  W.  M.  Eice  became  mission- 
ary in  the  neighborhood,  and  on  Oct.  11,  1858,  Moya- 
mensing Presbyterian  Church  was  organized.  Dr.  Rice 
was  installed  pastor,  and  labored  faithfully  on  the  field 
for  five  years.  Rev.  S.  T.  Lowrie  succeeded  Dr.  Rice 
and  remained  in  the  work  until  he  was  called  to 
Bethany. 

In  the  meantime  the  Church  was  dissolved,  and  the 
Sunday  School  would  have  shared  the  dissolution  but 
for  the  persistence  of  some  of  the  teachers.  They  found 
a  liberal  friend  in  Miss  Harriet  Hollond,and  the  School 
soon  regained  its  old  prosperity.  In  1870  Miss  Hollond 
died,  leaving  a  bequest  of  $10,000  to  the  Tenth  Presby- 
terian Church  towards  the  establishment  of  a  Mission 


376  PRESBYTERY 

Sunday  School.     The  bequest  was   conditioned   upon 
the  removal  of  the  school  to  a  more  favorable  locality 

After  some  delay  the  present  property,  at  the  corner 
of  Federal  and  Clarion  streets,  was  bought.  Much 
additional  aid  was  secured  from  members  of  the  Tenth 
Church  and  others.  The  corner-stone  of  the  present 
Sunday  School  building  was  laid  July  3, 1873,  and  the 
School  entered  its  new  Sabbath  home  Feb.  15,  1874. 
Much  of  the  later  prosperity  of  the  School  is  due  to  the 
Christian  enterprise  and  enthusiasm  of  Mr.  Charles  E. 
Morris.  He  became  Superintendent  of  the  School  in 
1871,  and  from  that  time  to  his  death  in  1879  his  in- 
fluence in  the  School  was  a  continual  inspiration. 

In  1875  the  Sunday  School  Building  "was  enlarged 
by  the  addition  of  a  Parlor  and  Lecture-Room,  the  gift 
of  Miss  Annie  E.  Morris  and  her  friends.  In  1877 
workers  from  the  School  established  a  Mission  on  Pas- 
sayunk  Avenue  near  Morris,  which  thej^  called  Faith. 
They  afterwards  removed  it  to  Broad  and  Castle 
Avenue,  where,  under  the  name  of  the  new  Scots 
Church,  it  is  flourishing  greatly. 

In  the  Fall  of  1874  the  Rev.  Wm.  F.  Garret  was  ap- 
pointed minister  at  the  Mission  by  the  Session  of  the 
Tenth  Presbyterian  Church.  He  resigned  in  the  Spring 
of  '78,  and  was  immediately  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  J. 
Henry  Sharpe,  D.D.,  who  ministered  to  the  people 
until  Dec.  1881.     Rev.  J.  R.  Miller  took  up  the  work 


OF   PHILADELPHIA.  377 

in  the  year  1881.  Holloncl  Memorial  Church  was 
organized  March  24,  1882.  Dr.  Miller  resigned  in 
Sep.  1883,  and  the  Rev.  W.  M.  Paden,  the  present 
pastor,  entered  upon  his  work  in  Oct.  of  the  same  year. 
During  these  later  years  the  School  and  the  Church 
have  had  wonderful  prosperity.  Under  the  superin- 
tendency  of  R.  C.  Ogden,  Esq.,  the  School  now  numbers 
1400.  The  additions  to  the  Church  since  its  organiza- 
tion have  been  over  90  each  year,  and  the  present 
membership  is  over  600. 

Present  Eldership. 
Robert  C.  Ogden,  Theo.  H.  Loder, 

Wm.  L.  Cook,  Samuel  M.  Kennedy. 

THE  FIRST  CHURCH,  SOUTH WARK. 

The  Rev.  Robert  Adair  was  pastor  of  this  church 
1839-48.  Since  his  resignation  the  church  has  been  at 
different  times  under  the  pastoral  care  of  the  Rev.  E. 

B.  Bruen,  Rev.  A.  Culver,  Rev.  A.  ^N".  Keiguin,  Rev.  J. 

C.  Thompson,  and  Rev.  MclSTulty.  Its  membership  is 
ninety-two.     John  Stinson  is  at  present  its  only  elder. 


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APPENDICES. 


APPENDIX   I. 

THE  CHURCH  OF  JAMAICA,  L.  I. 

The  Rev.  Peter  D.  Oakey,  of  Springfield,  L.  I.,  New  York, 
in  an  article  in  the  Presbyterian  Encyclopcedia,  says : — 

"  Jamaica  was  settled  by  Presbyterians.  Before  Mr.  Den- 
ton left  Hempstead  the  church  was  troubled  with  sharp  con- 
tentions between  the  Independents  and  Presbyterians.  In 
1657  Governor  Stuyvesant  visited  Hempstead,  and  used  his 
influence  to  persuade  Mr.  Denton  to  continue  his  ministry 
there,  his  own  church  affinities  inclining  him  to  favor  the 
Presbyterian  form  of  government.  But  the  troubles  increas- 
ing, Mr.  Denton  left,  and  the  Independents  gained  the  control, 
and  had  a  Stated  Supply  for  a  number  of  years.  Then,  through 
these  continued  dissensions,  the  large  increase  of  Quakerism, 
and  the  establishment  of  Episcopacy  under  the  English  rule, 
the  Presbyterian  Church  gradually  declined,  and  passed  out  of 
sight  as  an  organized  body.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Jenney  writes, 
September,  1729  :  'A  few  Presbyterians  at  Hempstead  have 
an  unordained  preacher  to  officiate  for  them,  whom  they  could 
not  support  were  it  not  for  the  assistance  which  they  receive 
from  their  brethren  in  the  neighboring  parish  of  Jamaica.' 

"  This,  as  far  as  the  writer  can  ascertain,  is  the  latest  mention 
made  of  the  existence  of  any  Presbyterian  Church  at  Hemp- 


o80  APPENDIX  I. 

Stead  till  after  the  lapse  of  many  years,  when  the  present  flour- 
ishing church  was  organized. 

"  But  the  Presbyterian  tree  planted  by  the  hand  of  Richard 
Denton,  through  the  Divine  blessing,  has  never  ceased  to  bear 
fruit.  Two  sons  of  Mr.  Denton,  Nathanael  and  Daniel,  with 
a  number  of  their  Presbyterian  brethren,  formed  a  colony,  and 
on  the  21st  of  March,  1656,  purchased  from  the  Indians  a 
large  tract  of  land,  now  included  in  the  village  and  town  of 
Jamaica.  As  might  be  expected,  they  immediately  established 
religious  worsliip.  In  a  memorial  of  the  inhabitants  of  Jamaica, 
signed  by  Nathanael  Denton  and  others,  addressed  to  Governor 
Hunter,  we  find  the  following  statement :  '  This  town  of 
Jamaica,  in  the  year  1656,  was  purchased  from  the  Indian  na- 
tives by  divers  persons,  Protestants,  dissenters,  in  the  manner 
of  worship,  from  the  forms  used  in  the  Church  of  England, 
wlio  have  called  a  minister  of  our  own  profession  to  officiate 
among  them,  who  continued  so  to  do  during  the  time  of  the 
Dutch  government.'  This  clearly  intimates  that  they  had 
preaching  service  from  their  first  settlement  in  the  town,  and 
consequently  the  origin  of  the  church  at  Jamaica  dates  back  to 
1656.  They  then,  with  commendable  zeal,  soon  took  measures 
for  the  erection  of  a  parsonage,  as  the  following  extract  shows  : 
December  20,  1662,  a  committee  was  appointed  to  '  make  ye 
rates  for  ye  minister's  house,  and  transporting  ye  minister.' 
The  exact  date  of  the  Rev.  Zachariah  Walker's  call  is  not 
given,  but  on  March  2,  1663,  the  parsonage  was  assigned  to 
him  and  his  heirs.  From  this  date  to  the  present  day  there  is 
a  clear  record  of  every  minister  who  has  served  the  church, 
together  with  the  time  of  their  service.  George  Macnish,  the 
eighth  pastor,  was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Mother 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia.  That  this  church  has  always 
been  a  Presbyterian  Church  there  seems  no  room  for  doubt. 
It  is  so  denominated  in  all  the  records  where  it  is  named.     It 


APPENDIX  I.  381 

has  had  a  bench  of  ruling  elders  from  time  immemorial.  No- 
vember 25,  1700,  it  was  voted  to  continue  Mr.  John  Hoblert 
here  among  us  in  the  work  of  the  ministry,  provided  he  be  or- 
dained '  according  to  ye  Rule  &  way  of  the  Presbyterian  way, 
&  it  is  the  unanomoss  mind  of  the  towne  that  he  be  ordained 
Accordingly.' 

"  This  church  has  ever  been  a  fruitful  vine.  In  1702  there 
were  more  than  a  hundred  families  noted  for  their  intelligent 
piety  and  Christian  deportment.  They  had  a  stone  church 
worth  £600  and  a  parsonage  valued  at  £1500,  the  glebe  con- 
sisting of  an  orchard  and  two  hundred  acres  of  land.  Besides 
being  the  mother  of  other  churches  in  the  vicinity,  it  contrib- 
uted families  to  build  up  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  in  New 
York  City,  and  subsequently  Rutgers  Street  Church,  also  the 
founding  of  Elizabeth  City,  and  largely  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Hopewell,  N.  J.  Since  1816  twenty-seven  have 
gone  from  the  bosom  of  this  church  into  the  ministry  of  the 
gospel. 

"  The  above  statement  of  facts,  which  I  have  verified  by 
personal  examination  of  the  authentic  sources  here  mentioned, 
seems  to  indicate  that,  laying  aside  all  merely  presumptive  or 
inferential  suppositions,  and  confining  ourselves  to  documentary 
evidence,  Richard  Denton  was  one  of  the  very  first  Presbyte- 
rian Ministers  in  the  country,  and  the  Church  of  Jamaica, 
Queen's  County,  N.  Y.,  is  the  oldest  existent  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  United  States.  Sources  of  information:  Thomp- 
son's His.  of  L.  I.,  Woodbridge's  His.  Discourse,  Onderdonk's 
His.  of  Queen's  County,  McDonald's  Ch.  His.,  N.  Y.  State 
Doc.  His.,  Moore's  Early  His.  of  Hempstead,  Jamaica  Town 
Records." 


382  APPENDIX   II. 

APPENDIX   II. 

MATTHEW  HILL'S  LETTER  TO  RICHARD  BAXTER,  1669. 

Maryland,  Charles  County,  April  3,  1669. 
For  the  Rev.  Mr.  Richard  Baxter,  at  his  home  in  Acton,  near  London. 

Honored  Sir  :  I  should  not  have  made  so  bold  with  your 
precious  time  designed  for  better  uses  than  the  perusal  of  so 
mean  a  paper  as  this,  but  that  I  could  not  furnish  myself  with  any 
other  means  of  testifying  the  due  thankfulness  that  I  bear  within 
my  heart  for  your  singular  kindness  and  consideration  to  one 
of  my  meanness.  I  cannot  but  acknowledge  that  your  bounty 
found  me  under  a  great  deal  of  misery,  as  well  as  meanness, 
and  hath  been  instrumental  in  putting  of  me  into  a  capacity  of 
living  comfortably,  and  as  I  hope  serviceably  too ;  the  Lord  I 
hope  will  place  it  to  your  account.  I  am  sure  that  the  blessing 
of  Him  that  was  ready  to  perish  doth  reach  you  though  at  this 
distance,  what  you  have  lost  in  your  purse  I  hope  you  will  re- 
gain in  a  better  place.  Sir,  I  am  afraid  to  trouble  you  with 
any  discourse  concerning  myself.  Only  I  cannot  but  judge  it 
my  duty  to  be  accountable  for  what  I  either  am  or  have  to  sue 
from  whom  I  have  received  the  means  of  my  new  life  and 
livelihood,  and  particularly  to  yourself.  Divine  goodness  hath 
been  pleased  to  land  my  foot  on  a  province  of  Virginia  called 
Maryland,  which  is  a  province  distinct  from  the  government 
of  Virginia,  of  which  the  Lord  Baltimore  is  proprietor  and 
governor.  Under  his  lordship's  government  we  enjoy  a  great 
deal  of  liberty,  and  particularly  in  matters  of  religion.  We 
have  many  that  give  obedience  to  the  Church  of  Rome  who 
have  their  public  liberty,  our  governor  being  of  that  persua- 
sion. "VYe  have  many  also  of  the  Reformed  Religion  who  have 
a  long  while  lived  as  sheep  without  a  shepherd,  though 
last  year  brought  in  a  young  man  from  Ireland  who  hath  al- 


APPENDIX  II.  383 

ready  had  good  success  in  his  work.  Divine  providence  hath 
also  cast  my  lot  amongst  a  loving  and  a  willing  people,  and  we 
enjoy  our  public  opportunity  with  a  great  deal  of  freedom,  that 
which,  as  I  hope,  will  make  my  work  the  more  successful, 
is,  the  people  are  not  at  all  fond  of  the  liturgy  or  ceremonies. 
In  so  much  as  I  have  not  yet  heard  any  one  with  whom  I  have 
to  do,  to  speak  a  word  for  them.  The  people  called  Quakers 
have  gained  a  great  many  proselytes  in  this  place,  but  their 
doctrine,  or  devise  rather,  hath  lately  decayed,  very  much  of 
itself,  and  is  now  quite  dead  and  buried.  Their  very  liberty 
hath  been  their  ruin.  We  have  room  for  more  ministers, 
though  their  encouragement,  as  I  judge,  cannot  be  altogether 
as  great  as  ours  who  are  already  settled  ;  because  we  are  where 
the  people  and  the  plantations  are  the  thickest.  It  is  judged 
by  some  that  are  acquainted  with  the  state  of  the  people  better 
than  myself,  that  two  or  three  itinerary  preachers  that  have  no 
dependence  upon  the  people  for  maintenance  would  be  emi- 
nently instrumental  among  them,  though  the  people  themselves, 
if  I  mistake  not,  are  naturally  of  free  dispositions  and  kind  to 
their  ministers,  and  would  take  off  that  charge  from  such  as 
should  be  willing  to  undergo  it,  in  a  very  short  time.  How 
many  young  men  are  there  in  England  that  want  wages  and 
work  too  ?  We  cannot  but  judge  it  their  duty  to  come  over 
and  help  us.  Sir,  I  hope  your  own  inclination  will  be  advo- 
cate enough  to  plead  the  cause  of  this  poor  people  and  engage 
you  to  improve  your  interest  on  our  behalf  with  some  of  our 
brethren  in  the  work  of  the  Lord.  As  to  myself,  I  have  not 
yet  done  begging.  My  books,  when  I  was  in  England,  were 
too  few  to  buy  me  food,  and  as  we  have  not  the  opportunity,  so 
I  cannot  but  acknowledge  I  have  not  the  ability  as  yet  of  pur- 
chasing such  books  as  are  useful  and  necessary  for  my  work. 
I  humbly  beg  of  you  that  you  will  please  to  supply  me  with  a 
few  of  such  as  you  judge  meet  for  my  use,  and,  if  that  be  any 


384  APPENDIX   II. 

argument,  I  dare  plead  tliat  after  this  time  I  hope  I  have  done 
begging.  Tlie  young  gentleman,  the  bearer  hereof,  is  also  to 
give  you  a  full  account  of  our  country  and  the  state  of  our  af- 
fairs, whom  I  have  engaged  to  wait  upon  you  with  this,  and  to 
attend  your  commands  if  you  shall  be  pleased  to  honour  me 
with  what  returns  you  shall  think  fit  to  give  to  my  request. 
He  is  kinsman  to  Dr.  Whitchcote,  and  of  the  same  name.  I 
was  much  beholden  to  Mr.  Davy  and  his  good  lady  for  their 
bounty  towards  me  at  my  coming  from  England,  which  I  could 
not  but  make  mention  of,  because  your  letter  to  them  and  in- 
terest in  them  was  so  successful  an  advocate  for  me  to  my  no 
small  advantage.  I  may  justly  say,  I  came  with  my  staff  only 
over  the  great  waters,  and  now  the  Lord  hath  blessed  me  with 
more  than  my  heart  durst  wish,  for  which,  as  I  desire  to  bless 
the  Lord  first,  so  I  cannot  but  acknowledge  my  humble  and 
hearty  thankfulness  to  yourself  as  mainly  instrumental  in  my 
present  liberty  and  livelihood.  So  I  humbly  entreat  your  favor- 
able interpretation  of  this  my  freedom,  which  I  assure  you  my 
present  necessity  enforces  me  to.  My  hopes  of  outward 
maintenance,  or  of  being  able  to  purchase  anything  that  I  want 
of  myself  not  being  likely  to  be  accomplished  until  our  harvest 
for  tobacco,  which  is  the  only  current  money  of  our  province. 
I  hope  your  goodness  will  give  your  poor  orator  the  freedom  of 
begging  from  you  the  favor  to  represent  my  condition  to  some 
of  your  brethren  or  friends  to  whom  God  hath  given  ability 
and  hearts  to  help  those  that  stand  in  need  of  their  help.  I 
dare  give  you  no  further  trouble,  only  by  acknowledging  myself 
honored  sir 

Your  humble  servant  and  unworthy  fellow-laborer  in  the 
work  of  the  Gospel,  Matthew  Hill. 

The  above  letter  was  discovered  by  Dr.  Briggs  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1884,  in  Dr.  Williams'  Library,  London,  among  the 
MS.  correspondence  of  Richard  Baxter. 


APPENDIX   III.    AND   IV.  385 


APPENDIX   III. 


John  Frazer,  who,  having  taken  his  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts,  and  gone  to  London  for  his  safety  and  preparation  for 
the  ministry,  was  seized  at  a  meeting  while  the  Rev.  Alexander 
Shiels  was  preaching.  The  minister,  with  Frazer,  John  Fore- 
man, and  five  others  of  his  hearers,  were  sent  up  to  Scotland, 
having  first  lain  in  Newgate.  They  were  marched  through 
London,  manacled  two-and-two,  as  criminals.  They  were  ex- 
amined by  the  council  and  sent  to  Dunatter.  One  hundred 
persons  were  thrust  into  a  vault  underground,  with  one  window 
which  opened  to  the  sea;  there,  ankle-deep  in  mire,  with 
nothing  on  which  to  sit  or  lie,  they  were  pent  up  through  the 
summer.  Frazer,  weak  and  sick,  was  marched  on  foot  to 
Leith,  where  a  Newcastle  ship,  Richard  Hutton,  master,  was 
lying  to  receive  him  and  his  companions  in  tribulation.  Twenty- 
eight  persons  left  at  this  time  a  testimony  dated  August  28, 
1685,  against  their  unjust  banishment,  and  for  the  covenants 
and  the  preaching  of  the  word  in  fields  and  houses. — Webstek. 


APPENDIX   IV. 

REV.  JOHN  MACKIE. 

^'  Mr.  Mackie,"  says  Dr.  Sprague,  in  his  Annals  of  the 
American  Pulpit.,  "  was  son  of  Patrick  Mackie,  of  St. 
Johnstone,  County  Donegal,  Ireland."  In  the  minutes  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Laggan  at  McGee  College,  Londonderry,  is  the 
following  record:  "  Mch.  25,  1693.  The  meeting  being  cer- 
tainly informed  that  Mr.  Josias  McKee  resolves  speedily  to  re- 
turn to  Europe  from  Virginia,  Mr.  Craighead  is  appointed  to 


386  APPENDIX   V. 

write  to  him  inviting  liim  to  this  meeting  in  case  he  find  that 
he  cannot  continue  in  America."  Mr.  Mackie  took  charge  of 
another  congregation  on  the  Southern  Branch,  and  retained 
his  connection  with  it  until  his  death  in  November,  171G. 


APPENDIX   V. 

Mr.  Makemie's  text,  when  he  preached  in  New  York,  Jan- 
uary 19,  1707,  was  Psalm  1.  23  :  <'And  to  him  that  ordereth 
his  conversation  aright  will  I  shew  the  salvation  of  God."  It 
was  the  substance  of  two  sermons. 

After  unfolding  the  text  he  announced  this  doctrine :  "A 
well-ordered  conversation  is  the  only  way  to  the  kingdom  of 
heaven.  It  is  not,  he  said,  causa  regnandi^  sed  via  regni. 
His  theme  was  handled  upon  the  following  method :  What  is 
presupposed  by  an  orderly  walk  and  conversation  ?  What  a 
well-ordered  conversation  is  or  wherein  it  consists ;  reasons 
w^hy  a  well-ordered  conversation  is  highly  necessary  as  the  way 
of  salvation,  what  is  necessary  and  requisite  for  promoting  and 
advancing  this  well-ordered  conversation,  what  usually  and  or- 
dinarily hinders  and  obstructs  it,  and  a  practical  application, 
first,  for  information,  second,  for  exhortation,  third,  for  con- 
solation." 

Mr.  Makemie  printed  at  Boston  the  sermon  which  occa- 
sioned his  imprisonment,  with  the  motto  (Matt.  v.  11,  Acts  v. 
29) — ^^Preces  et  lachrymce  sunt  arma  ecchsice.^^  It  is  dedi- 
cated to  the  small  congregation  which  heard  ii.  In  referring 
to  it  he  says :  "  Had  I  been  thoroughly  acquainted  with  New 
York  and  the  irregularities  thereof,  which  afterwards  I  was  an 
eye  and  ear  witness  of,  I  could  not  have  selected  a  more  suit- 
able doctrine."     This  he  ascribes  to  Divine  Providence,  and 


APPENDIX  VI.  387 

expresses  the  hope  that  it  may  be  an  inducement  to  awaken 
sinners.     The  dedication  is  dated  March  3,  1706-7. 

On  Mr.  Makemie's  return  to  Philadelphia  with  Hampton  for 
the  meeting  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  March  22, 
1707,  he  wrote  to  Benjamin  Colman,  of  Boston  : — 

*'  Since  our  imprisonment  we  have  commenced  a  correspond- 
ence w  ith  our  Rev.  Breth.  of  the  ministry  at  Boston,  which  we 
hope  according  to  our  intention  has  been  communicated  to  you 
all,  whose  sympathizing  concurrence  I  cannot  doubt  of  in  an 
expensive  struggle  for  asserting  our  liberty  against  the  power- 
ful invasion  of  Lord  Cornbury,  which  is  not  yet  over.  I  need 
not  tell  you  of  a  pick*  jury,  and  the  penal  laws,  one  invading 
our  American  sanctuary,  without  the  least  regard  to  the  tolera- 
tion, which  should  justly  alarm  us  all." 


APPENDIX  VI. 

In  September,  1733,  Mr.  Andrews  asked  the  Synod  *'that 
an  assistant  be  allowed  unto  him  in  the  ministry.  The  request 
w'as  unanimously  granted,"  if,  first,  sufficient  provision  be  made 
for  his  honorable  maintenance  during  his  life  among  them. 
This,  after  long  discussion,  and  after  conference  with  some  gen- 
tlemen of  his  congregation,  was  modified  so  as  to  allow  the  con- 
gregation to  call  an  assistant.  Those  who  desired  an  assistant 
were  directed  not  to  diminish  but  rather  increase  their  subscrip- 
tions to  Andrews,  because  the  present  subscription  was  but 
scanty;  that  none  of  the  present  subscription  be  alienated 
from  him,  but  that  all  care  be  taken  to  get  new  ones  for  him, 
and  that  he  have  all  the  monthly  collections.  In  the  following 
May  the  Presbytery  acceded  to  his  request,  and  gave  him  leave 
to  remove,  if  he  saw  fit.  In  the  autumn  Hemphill  came  to  this 
country,  was  received  as  a  member  of  Synod,  and  took  up  his 


388  APPENDIX  VI. 

abode  in  Philadelphia  until  he  should  obtain  a  settlement.  An- 
drews invited  him  to  occupy  his  pulpit  a  part  of  each  Sabbath, 
but  soon  regretted  it,  for  "freethinkers,*  deists, and  nothings*^ 
flocked  to  hear  him,  while  the  better  part  of  the  congregation 
stayed  away.  Andrews  attended  regularly  during  the  winter, 
and  felt  himself  bound  "to  article  against  him,"  and  the  com- 
mission tried  Hemphill  and  suspended  him.  Andrews  tells 
Colman  that  he  had  never  suffered  so  much  as  during  this  pe- 
riod, and  that  his  mind  was  made  up  to  leave  his  charge, 
although  "the  better  sort"  desired  to  keep  him. 

The  congregation  could  not  agree  on  an  assistant,  but  one 
part  supplicated  the  Synod  for  Dickinson  and  another  for 
Robert  Cross.  But  while  the  matter  was  in  debate,  the  friends 
of  the  latter  asked  to  be  erected  into  a  new  congregation, 
capable  to  call  a  minister  for  themselves.  Their  request  was 
granted  by  a  large  majority,  with  the  understanding  that  they 
were  not  obliged  to  form  a  distinct  society,  but  might  do  so  if 
they  saw  fit. 

The  commission  met  in  June,  1736.  The  endeavors  for  a 
reunion  of  the  congregation  having  been  unsuccessful,  they 
persuaded  the  friends  of  Cross  to  make  a  further  effort,  and 
Andrews  heartily  approved  of  the  design,  but  his  friends  would 
not  consent.  The  new  erection  had  supplies  till  1737,  when 
Robert  Cross  accepted  their  call,  then  the  two  congregations 
united,  and  were  allowed  £50  out  of  the  Synod's  funds  to  buy 
a  burying-ground.  Webs.  316-17.  Mr.  Cross  was  installed 
pastor  of  the  united  congregations,  November  10,  and  Andrews 
preached  on  the  occasion  from  2  Cor.  iv.  7. 

Mr.  Cross  was  born  near  Balleykelley,  Ireland,  in  1689. 
He  received  both  his  academical  and  theological  education  in 
his  native  country,  and  came  to  America  when  he  was  not 
far  from  twenty-eight  years  of  age.     March  17,  1719,  he  was 

*  MS,  letter  in  Am.  Antiq.  Soc.  Lib. 


APPENDIX   VII.  389 

ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  the  church  at  New-Castle.  In 
1723  he  took  charge  of  the  church  in  Jamaica,  L.  I.  The 
Rev.  James  M.  Macdonald,  subsequently  a  pastor  of  the  same 
church,  says :  "  It  is  evident  that  he  was  very  highly  esteemed," 
and  "was  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  influential  Ministers 
of  the  day  in  which  he  lived."  He  died  in  August,  1766. 
The  following  testimony  to  his  character  appears  on  his  grave- 
stone. "  He  excelled  in  prudence  and  gravity,  and  a  general 
deportment,  was  esteemed  for  his  learned  acquaintance  with 
the  Holy  Scriptures,  and  long  accounted  one  of  the  most  re- 
spectable Ministers  in  the  province." 


APPENDIX   VII. 

SEPARATION  OF  THE  BAPTISTS  FROM  THE  PRESBYTERIANS 
IN  PHILADELPHIA. 

Edwards,  in  his  Materials  towards  a  History  of  the  Bap- 
tists in  Pennsylvania^  gives  the  following  correspondence  touch- 
ing this  matter : — 

"  To  our  dear  and  well-beloved  friends  and  brethren,  Mr. 
Jedediah  Andrews,  John  Green,  Joshuah  Story,  Samuel  Rich- 
ardson, and  the  rest  of  the  Presbyterian  judgment  belonging  to 
the  meeting  in  Philadelphia,  the  Church  of  Christ,  over  which 
John  Watts  is  pastor,  sends  salutation  of  grace,  mercy,  and 
peace  from  God  our  Father,  and  from  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 
Dearly  beloved  !  .  .  .  We  do  freely  confess  and  promise  for 
ourselves,  that  we  can  and  do  own  and  allow  of  your  approved 
Ministers  who  are  fitly  qualified  and  sound  in  the  faith  and  of 
holy  lives,  to  pray  and  preach  in  our  assemblies.  If  you  can 
also  freely  confess  and  promise  for  yourselves  that  you  can  and 
will  own  and  allow  of  our  approved  Ministers,  who  are  fitly 


390  APPENDIX   VII. 

qualified  and  sound  in  the  faith,  and  of  holy  lives,  to  preach 
and  pray  in  your  assemblies ;  that  so,  each  side,  may  own, 
embrace,  and  accept  of  one  auother  as  fellow-brethren  and 
Ministers  of  Christ,  and  hold  and  maintain  Christian  commu- 
nion and  fellowship-i 

(Signed)  John  Watts, 

Samuel  Jones, 
George  Eaton, 
Thomas  Bibb, 

Thomas  Potts. 
30th  of  8th  month,  1698. 

To  this  letter  the  following  reply  was  made : — 

To  the  Church  of  Christ,  over  which  Mr.  John  Watts  is  pastor,  ive,  whose 
names  are  underwritten,  do  send  salutation  in  the  name  of  our  Lord 
Jesus : 

Brethren  and  Well  Beloved  :  For  as  much  as  some  of 
you,  in  the  name  of  the  rest,  have  in  a  friendly  manner  sent 
us  your  desire  of  uniting  and  communing  in  the  things  of  God, 
as  far  as  we  agree  in  judgment,  that  we  may  lovingly  go  together 
heavenward,  we  do  gladly  and  gratefully  receive  your  proposal, 
and  return  you  thanks  for  the  same,  and  bless  God  who  hath 
put  it  in  your  minds  to  endeavor  after  peace  and  concord,  earn- 
estly desiring  that  your  request  may  have  a  good  effect,  which 
may  be  for  the  edification  of  us  all,  that  w^e  may  the  more 
freely  perform  mutual  offices  of  "love  one  towards  arrother" 
for  our  furtherance  in  Christianity.  But  that  we  may  do  what 
we  do  safely,  and  for  our  more  effectual  carrying  on  our  fore- 
mentioned  desire,  we  have  thought  it  might  be  profitable  for  us 
all,  and  more  conducive  to  our  future  love  and  unity,  that  we 
might  have  some  friendly  conference  concerning  those  affairs 
before  we  give  you  a  direct  answer  to  your  proposition,  which 
we  have  confidence  you  will  not  deny.  And  in  pursuance 
hereof  we  do  request  that  some  of  you  (who  you  think  best) 


APPENDIX  VIII.  391 

may  meet  with  us,  or  some  of  us,  at  a  time  and  place  which 
you  shall  appoint,  that  what  we  agree  upon  may  be  done  in 
order. 

Subscribed,  in  the  name  of  the  rest,  Philadelphia,  Novem- 
ber 3, 1698. 

JEDEDIA.H  Andrews, 
Samuel  Richards, 
Herbert  Corry, 
Daniel  Green, 
John  Green, 
David  Giffing, 
John  Van  Lear. 

It  was  aojreed  to  meet  at  the  common  meetinor-house  on  the 
19th  of  November.  But  by  a  misunderstanding  the  conference 
did  not  meet.  Mr.  Andrews,  when  called  upon  by  three  of 
the  Baptists,  said,  "he  knew  it  not  to  be  the  day,  but  took  it 
to  be  the  second  day  after."  The  consequence  was,  the  Bap- 
tists were  offended,  and  subsequently  remained  apart.  B.  LVI., 
Web.  314. 


APPENDIX  VIII. 

OLD  LETTERS  OF  FRANCIS  MAKEMIE. 

These  letters  are  in  the  library  of  the  Historical  Society  of 
Massachusetts.  They  were  addressed  to  Increase  Mather,  of 
Boston,  "  clarum  et  venerahile  nomen^''^  and  from  the  light 
which  they  throw  upon  our  Church  History,  will  be  read  with 
interest  by  all  who  appreciate  the  rays  of  antiquity. 

Elizabeth  River,  Va.,  July  25th,  1684. 
Reverend  and  Dear  Brother  :  I  wrote  to  you,  though 
unacquainted,  by  Mr.  Lamb,  from  North  Carolina,  of  my  de- 
signs for  Ashley  River,  South  Carolina,  which  I  was  forward 


392  APPENDIX  VIII. 

in  attempting,  that  I  engaged  in  a  voyage  and  went  to  sea  in 
the  montli  of  May,  but  God  in  his  providence  saw  fit  I  should 
not  see  it  at  the  time*  for  we  were  tossed  upon  the  coast  by 
contrary  winds,  and  to  the  north  as  far  as  Delaware  Bay,  so 
that,  falling  short  in  our  provisions,  we  were  necessitated,  after 
several  essays  to  the  south,  to  Virginia,  and  in  the  meanwhile 
Colonel  Anthony  Lawson,  and  other  inhabitants  of  the  parish  of 
Lynnhaven,  in  Lower  Norfolk  County  (who  had  a  dissenting 
minister  from  Ireland,  until  the  Lord  was  pleased  to  remove 
him  by  death  in  August  last,  among  whom  I  preached  before  I 
went  to  the  South,  in  coming  from  Maryland  against  their  earnest 
importunity),  coming  so  pertinently  in  the  place  of  our  landing 
for  water,  prevailed  with  me  to  stay  this  season,  which  the  more 
easily  overcame  me,  considering  the  season  of  the  year  and  the 
little  encouragement  from  Carolina,  from  the  sure  information 
I  have  had.  But  for  the  satisfaction  of  my  friends  in  Ireland, 
whom  I  design  to  be  very  cautious  in  inviting  to  any  place  in 
America  I  have  yet  seen,  I  have  sent  one  of  our  number  to 
acquaint  me  further  concerning  the  place.  I  am  here  assured 
of  liberty  and  other  encouragements,  resolving  to  submit  myself 
to  the  sovereign  providence  of  God,  who  has  been  pleased  so 
unexpectedly  to  drive  me  back  to  this  poor  desolate  people, 
among  whom  I  design  to  continue  till  God  in  his  providence 
determines  otherwise  concerning  me. 

I  have  presumed  a  second  before  I  can  hear  how  acceptable 
my  first  has  been.  I  hope  this  will  prevent  your  writing  to 
Ashley  River,  and  determine  your  resolution  to  direct  your 
letters  to  Col.  Anthony  Lawson,  at  the  eastern  branch  of 
Elizabeth  River.  I  expect  if  you  have  an  opportunity  of 
writing  to  Mr.  John  Hart,*  you  will  acquaint  him  concerning 
me,  which,  with  your  prayers,  will  oblige  him  who  is  your  dear 
and  affectionate  brother  in  the  gospel  of  our  Lord  Jesus. 

Francis  Makemie. 

*  The  minister  of  Londonderry. 


APPENDIX  VIII.  393 

Elizabeth  River,  28th  July,  1685. 
Honored  Sir  :  Yours  I  received  by  Mr.  Hallet,  with  three 
books,  and  am  not  a  little  concerned  that  those  sent  to  Ashley 
River  were  miscarried,  for  which  I  hope  it  will  give  no  offence 
to  declare  my  willingness  to  satisfy,  for  there  is  no  reason  they 
should  be  lost  to  you,  and  far  less  that  the  gift  should  be 
.  .  .  .*  for  which  I  own  myself  your  debtor,  and  assure  your- 
self, if  you  have  any  friend  in  Virginia,  to  find  me  ready  to 
receive  your  commands.  I  have  wrote  to  Mr.  Wandrope  and 
beg  you  would  be  pleased  to  order  the  safe  conveyance  thereof 
unto  his  hands.  I  have  also  wrote  to  Mr.  Thomas  Barret,  a 
minister  who  lived  in  South  Carolina,  who,  when  he  wrote  to 
me  from  Ashley  River,  was  to  take  shipping  for  New  England, 
so  that  I  conclude  he  is  with  you.  But  if  there  be  no  such  man 
in  the  country,  let  my  letter  be  returned. 

I  am  yours  in  the  Lord  Jesus, 

Francis  Makemie. 

"  These  letters,"  says  the  Rev.  Dr.  Van  Rensselaer  (in  whose 
Preshyterian  Magazine  they  were  published),  "  incidentally 
prove,  or  illustrate  the  following  positions  : — 

"  1.  They  assist  in  fixing  the  date  of  Francis  Makemie*s 
arrival  in  America.  Hitherto  the  records  of  Accomac 
County,  Va.,  furnished  evidence  of  the  earliest  period  in 
which  he  was  certainly  known  to  be  in  America.  A  record 
in  the  Accomac  County  Court  shows  that  he  was  on  the 
Eastern  Shore  of  Virginia  in  1690.  It  was  surmised  that 
he  was  in  the  country  before,  but  how  long  before  was  left 
wholly  to  conjecture.  Mr.  Reed,  in  his  history  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  of  Ireland,  informs  us  that  Mr.  Makemie 
was  from  the  neighborhood  of  Ramelton,  in  the  north  of  Ire- 
land ;  that  he  was  introduced  to  the  Presbytery  of  Laggan  as 

*  Illegible. 
26 


394  APPENDIX   VIII. 

a  candidate  in  1680,  and  that  he  was  licensed  in  1681.  The 
Presbyterial  Minutes  being  deficient  for  several  years,  the  pre- 
cise time  of  his  ordination  is  unknown.  In  December,  1680, 
the  records  state  that  Col.  Stevens,  from  Maryland,  'near  Vir- 
ginia,' made  application  for  a  minister  to  settle  in  that  part  of 
the  world.  The  probability  is  that  Francis  Makemie  came  to 
the  Eastern  Shore  of  Maryland  in  1682.  His  letter  of  1684 
shows  that  he  had  been  in  the  country  some  time,  and  had  ob- 
tained considerable  knowledge  of  it,  as  well  as  performed  con- 
siderable ministerial  work. 

*'  2.  These  letters  show  that  Presbyterian  ministers  had  pre- 
ceded Francis  Makemie  in  evangelical  labors  in  this  country, 
or  at  least  were  contemporaneous  with  him.  'A  dissenting 
minister  from  Ireland'  was  laboring  near  Norfolk,  Va.,  in  1683, 
and  another  minister  on  Ashley  River,  near  Charleston,  S.  C. ; 
the  former  of  whom  was  certainly  a  Presbyterian,  and  in  all 
probability  preceded  Makemie. 

"  3.  In  the  third  place,  the  letters  afford  evidence  of  Make- 
mie's  missionary  spirit.  He  labored  in  1683  on  Elizabeth 
River  before  he  *  went  to  the  South.'  The  '  South'  was,  doubt- 
less, in  North  Carolina,  from  whence  he  first  wrote  to  Increase 
Mather,  by  '  Mr.  Lamb,  from  North  Carolina.'  After  laboring 
for  a  time  in  North  Carolina,  he  returned  to  Elizabeth  River, 
near  Norfolk,  and  thence  set  sail  for  Ashley  River,  but  was 
driven  back  by  a  storm.  His  great  aim  seems  to  have  been  to 
preach  the  gospel  to  the  destitute,  and  to  search  out  localities 
to  which  he  could  invite  ministers  from  Ireland.  There  is  in- 
ternal evidence  that,  with  all  his  zeal,  he  was  a  prudent  man." 


APPENDIX   IX.  395 

APPENDIX  IX. 

MAKEMIE'S  NEW  YORK  SERMON. 

*'The  Christian  religion  has  so  full,  so  complete,  and  so  per- 
fect a  Rule  or  Canon  for  its  guide  and  direction  that  there  is 
nothing  deficient  that  is  necessary  for  the  Christian's  counsel, 
and  for  advancing  his  accomplishment  in  every  state  and  con- 
dition, in  every  station,  capacity  or  relation  men  may  be 
placed  in  of  God  in  the  world,  whether  for  instructing  blinded 
and  dead  sinners  what  glory  and  perfection  they  were  originally 
created  in,  and  wilfully  forfeited  and  lost  by  Adam's  apostasy, 
or  for  detecting  the  enormities  and  irregularities  both  of  heart 
and  life,  as  a  clear  looking-glass  wherein  we  view  both  the 
inward  and  outward  man.  And  it  not  only  points  out  to  sin- 
ners the  true  way  of  life  and  salvation,  but  most  particularly 
instructs  us  how  to  think,  how  to  speak,  and  how  to  act,  both 
toward  God  and  toward  one  another.  And  this  is  the  Word  of 
life,  the  Revelation  of  Heaven,  the  Rule  and  Test  both  of  faith 
and  life. 

"  Lives  are  orderly  or  disorderly  as  they  are  guided  and  gov- 
erned by  that  Rule,  or  not  conformed  thereto.  For  every  sin 
is  nothing  else  but  a  transgression  of  the  law,  a  violation  or 
deviation  from  that  Rule.  And  by  this  Rule  our  actions  shall 
be  detected  and  conversations  judged  and  tried.  It  is  termed 
from  the  Spirit  of  God  a  walking  according  to  rule.  Gal.  vi.  16. 
It  is  called  a  walking  in  the  law  of  the  Lord.  Ps.  cxix.  1.  It 
is  called  a  taking  heed  to  our  ways  according  to  God's  Word. 
Ps.  V.  9.  And  this  rule  and  canon  is  the  revealed  will,  law 
and  mind  of  God,  which  is  a  clear,  a  perfect,  universal  and  ex- 
tensive rule  and  canon,  directino-  us  in  the  management  of  our 
very  thoughts  and  intentions  of  our  souls,  beyond  the  power 
and  virtue  of  all  human  laws.     It  is  a  bridle,  and  gives  check 


896  APPENDIX  X. 

to  our  unruly  tongues  and  regulates  our  very  words,  without 
which  all  religion  is  judged  vain.     James  i.  2G. 

"IIow  little  regard  is  had  hereunto  by  this  licentious  age 
who  glory  in  oaths  and  curses,  exercise  their  wits  and  parts  in 
all  obscenities,  ribaldry  and  profUneness,  mocking  and  ridicul- 
ing and  hissing  at  all  conversation  anyway  tending  to  the  honor 
of  God  and  edification  of  our  neighbor,  and  even  this  by  such 
as  make  no  small  pretence  to  religion  and  devotion  ! 

"It  is  a  rule  and  guide  for  our  lives  and  actions,  instructing 
and  guiding  all  men  how  to  demean  themselves  toward  God, 
our  neighbor  and  ourselves,  both  what  we  are  to  forbear  and 
abstain  from,  and  in  doing  our  duty.  Tit.  ii.  11,  12:  'For 
the  grace  of  God  that  bringeth  salvation  hath  appeared  unto  all, 
teaching  us  that  denying  ungodliness  and  worldly  lusts,  we 
should  live  soberly,  righteously  and  Godly  in  this  present 
world.'  " 


APPENDIX   X. 

LOG  COLLEGE. 

This  was  the  first  literary  institution  above  common  schools 
in  the  bounds  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  America.  It 
was  erected  by  the  Rev.  William  Tennent,  Sr.,  who,  in  1726, 
became  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Neshaminy, 
Bucks  County,  Pa.,  about  twenty  miles  north  of  Philadelphia, 
and  within  a  few  steps  of  his  own  dwelling. 

The  spirit  in  which  the  institution  was  established  augured 
well  for  its  future.  In  Ireland  and  Scotland  the  signs  of  prev- 
alent worldliness,  foreshadowing  a  sad  apostasy,  were  already 
apparent.  In  this  country  the  primitive  zeal  of  Makemie's 
compeers  was  already  on  the  decline.  Revivals  of  religion 
were  nowhere  heard  of,  and  an  orthodox  creed  and  a  decent 
external  conduct  were  the  only  points  on  which  inquiry  was 


APPENDIX  X.  397 

made  when  persons  were  admitted  to  the  communion  of  the 
church.  Vital  piety  had  almost  deserted  the  church.  The 
substance  of  preaching  was  a  "  dead  orthodoxy,"  in  which 
little  emphasis  was  laid  upon  regeneration,  a  change  of  heart, 
or  the  terrors  of  the  law  against  sin.  With  such  a  state  of 
things  Mr.  Tennent  had  no  sympathy.  His  warm  evangelical 
spirit  led  him  to  strive  with  all  his  energies  to  effect  a  change. 
The  young  men  who  came  under  his  influence  in  their  course 
of  education  were  inspirited  to  become  his  efficient  allies. 

The  humble  edifice  which  was  to  acquire  such  an  enviable 
notoriety  was  made  of  logs  cut  out  of  the  woods,  probably 
from  the  very  spot  where  the  house  was  erected.  It  has  long 
since  disappeared,  so  that  although  the  site  on  which  it  stood 
is  well  known  to  many  in  the  vicinity,  yet  there  is  no  vestige 
of  it  remaining  on  the  ground,  and  no  appearance  which  would 
indicate  that  a  house  ever  stood  there.  The  site  of  the  College 
is  about  a  mile  from  that  part  of  Neshaminy  Creek  where  the 
Presbyterian  Church  has  long  stood. 

Notwithstanding  the  name  College,  as  there  is  reason  to  be- 
lieve, was  given  to  the  building  out  of  contempt  by  its  enemies, 
in  this  as  in  many  other  things,  it  is  evident  that  what  is 
lightly  esteemed  among  men  is  precious  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord.  Though  as  poor  a  house  as  perhaps  was  ever  erected 
for  the  purpose  of  giving  a  liberal  education,  it  was,  in  a  noble 
sense,  a  College,  a  fountain  from  which  proceeded  streams  of 
blessings  to  the  church. 

Dr.  Archibald  Alexander  says  : — 

*'A  venerable  friend,*  in  conversing  with  the  writer  on 
the  subject  of  the  Log  College,  observed  that  this  humble  in- 
stitution was  not  only  the  germ  of  New  Jersey  College,  but 
several  other  colleges,  which  have  been  useful  to  the  church 
and  state,  and  have  risen  to  high  estimation  in  the  country,  and 
mentioned  Jefferson,  Hampden-Sidney,  and  Washington  Col- 

*  Rev.  Matthew  Brown,  D.D. 
26* 


398  APPENDIX   X. 

lege  in  Virginia,  all  which  were  founded  and  tanglit  originally 
by  students  from  Princeton.  And  we  need  not  stop  here,  for 
these  in  their  turn  liave  given  rise  to  many  other  schools  and 
colleges,  where  the  same  system  of  education  and  the  same 
principles  of  religion  are  adopted.  Tiius  we  see  how  much 
good  may  arise  from  a  small  beginning.  As  the  stately  oak 
originated  in  a  small  acorn,  so  an  obscure  school  in  the  midst 
of  the  forest  becomes  a  nursery,  from  which  proceed  not  only 
eminent  men,  but  other  and  higher  schools  of  learning,  by 
which  our  country  is  enlightened  and  adorned.  Let  this  fact 
encourage  all  who  have  it  in  their  power  to  institute  good 
schools  of  useful  and  solid  learning,  and  to  be  liberal  in  en- 
couraging and  endowing  academies  and  colleges,  and  aiding 
poor  scholars  who  possess  talents  to  acquire  a  liberal  education. 
"  If  our  free  institutions  are  long  preserved,  it  will  be  by 
the  means,  under  Providence,  of  religion  and  learning.  With- 
out the  benign  influence  of  knowledge  and  virtue,  a  free  re- 
publican government  cannot  long  exist;  and  witliout  the  influ- 
ence of  religion  and  good  education,  men  are  not  fit  for  such 
freedom  as  is  now  enjoyed  under  our  free  and  happy  govern- 
ment. The  immigration  of  so  many  thousand  foreigners  into 
our  country  renders  it  doubly  necessary  to  exert  every  nerve 
to  difl'use  knowledge  and  sound  principles  of  religion  among 
the,people.  Let  us  have  public  schools,  supported  by  the  state, 
normal  schools  for  the  education  of  teachers,  and  parochial 
schools,  in  which  every  denomination  may  inculcate  that  re- 
ligion which  they  believe  to  be  founded  in  truth.  Evangelical 
Christians  need  not  contend  about  what  shall  be  taught  in 
schools,  for  if  those  truths  in  which  they  are  all  agreed  shall 
be  faithfully  inculcated  on  our  youth,  there  will  not  be  any 
very  glaring  defect  in  the  system  of  religious  instruction. 
Those  points  in  which  they  differ  may  be  reserved  for  their 
consideration  at  a  riper  age.  But  let  the  Bible  he  the  text-hook 
in  every  school,  whether  high  or  low  T'' 


INDEX. 


Alexander,  Archibald,  D.D.,  LL.D,, 

183. 
Alison,  Francis,  D.D.,  154. 
Allen,  Richard  H.,  D.D.,  305. 
Alricks,  Rev.  W.  P.,  208. 
Anderson,  Rev.  James,  98. 
Audrews,  Rev.  Jedediah,  82. 
Andrews,  Silas  M.,  D.D.,  226. 
Appeal  to  the  churches  in  London, 

135. 
Appendix  I.,  370. 

"       II.,  38-3. 

"     III.,  385. 

"      IV.,  385. 

"        v..  38G. 

"      VI.,  387. 

"    VII.,  389. 

"  VIII.,  391. 

"      IX.,  395. 

"        X.,  396. 
Arch  Street  Church,  310-312. 

Baker,  Wm.  M.,  D.D.,  263. 
Baldwin,  Matthias  W.,  273. 
Barnes,  Rev.  Albert,  219. 
Bayard,  John,  265. 
Beadle,  Elias  R.,  D.D.,  257. 
Beatty,  Rev.  Charles,  161. 
Bethany  Church,  313. 
Bevan,  Matthew,  Esq.,  271. 
Blackwood,  Wm..  D.D.,  LL.D.,  323. 
Blair,  Samuel,  D.D.,  160. 
Boardman,  H.  A.,  D.D.,  234. 
Boudinot,  Elias,  LL.D.,  285. 
Boyd,  John,  84. 
Braduer,  Rev.  J.,  103. 
Brainerd,  Rev.  John,  166. 
Brainerd,  Thomas,  D.D.,  305. 
Bratton,  Rev.  Thomas,  100. 
Brown,  John  A.,  290. 

Calvary  Church,  365. 
Carolina,  settlement  in,  52. 


Cathcart,  Robert,  D.D.,  172. 
Central  Church  (African),  359. 
Chambers,  John,  D.D.,  260. 
Chambers  Church,  362. 
Cheeseman,  Lewis,  D.D.,  308. 
Chester,  William,  D.D.,  249, 
Church  of  the  Atonement,  326. 
Church  of  the  Evangel,  356. 
Clarke,  Henry  Steele,  D.D.,  251. 
Clinton  St.  Immanuel  Church,  328. 
Cohanzy,  95. 

Coleman,  Lyman,  S.T.D.,  254. 
Colwell,  Stephen,  Esq.,  291. 
Conn,  Rev.  Hugh,  103. 
Cuyler,  Cornelius  C,  D.D.,  240. 

Dale,  James  W.,  D.D.,  246. 
Davidson,  Robert,  D.D.,  255. 
Davis,  Rev.  Samuel,  80. 
Delaware,  churches  in,  92,  94. 
Denton,  Rev.  Richard,  38. 
Dickinson,  Jonathan,  D.D.,  153. 
Dickson,  Hugh  S.,  D.D.,  252. 
Division  of  Presbytery,  105. 
Doctrinal  basis  of  Presbytery,  123. 
Doughty,  Rev.  Francis,  42. 
Duffield,  George,  D.D.,  168. 
Dulles,  John  W.,  D.D.,  259. 

Eagle  Wing,  56. 

Early  elders  of  the  Presbytery,  85. 

Early  Presbyteriauism  in  America, 

37. 
Eastburn,  Rev.  Joseph,  182. 
Eckard,  James  R.,  D.D.,  226. 
Elders,  prominent,  deceased,  265. 
Ely,  Ezra  Styles,  D.D.,  1S8. 
Emigrants  arrive  in  New  England, 

37-8. 
Emigrants  from  Scotland,  41. 
Emigration  checked,  117. 
Engles,  Joseph  P.,  272. 
Engles,  Wm.  M.,  D.D.,  196. 


400 


INDEX. 


English  emigrants,  118. 
Ewing,  John,  D.D.,  162. 

First  African  Church,  357. 

First  Church,  Phila.,  293. 

First  Church,  Southwark,  The, 377. 

Form  of  discipline  adopted,  129. 

German  immigrants,  120. 
Gibson,  Wm.  J.,  D.D.,  228. 
Gillespie,  Rev.  George,  100. 
Grace  Church,  354. 
Great  Valley,  Presbyterians  in,  97. 
Green,  Ashbel,  D.D.,  173. 
Greenwich  St.  Church,  348. 
Gregory,  Caspar  R.,  D.D.,  248. 
Grier,  Rev.  Nathan,  171. 

Hall,  John,  D.D.,  238. 
Hamill,  Hugh,  D.D.,  211. 
Hampton,  Rev.  John,  78. 
Harrison,  Sir  Edmund,  145. 
Hart,  John  S.,  LL.D.,  280. 
Henry,  Alexander,  Esq.,  270. 
Henry,  Rev.  John,  99. 
Henry,  T.  Charlton,  D.D.,  190. 
Hill,  Rev.  Matthew,  43. 
Hodge,  Charles,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  192. 
Hodge,  Hucrh  L.,  M.D.,  288. 
Hodge,  H.  Lenox,  M.D.,  276. 
Holiond  Memorial  Church,  374. 
Hope  Church,  351. 
Hope,  Matthew  B.,  D.D.,  242. 
Humphrey,  Z.  M.,  D.D.,  260. 

Immigrants,  grand  motive  of,  116. 
Irwin,  Rev.  Nathaniel,  169. 

Janeway,  Jacob  J.,  D.D.,  179. 
Janvier,  Rev.  Levi,  237. 
Jones,  Hon.  Joel,  286. 
Jones,  Joseph  H.,  D.D.,  198. 
Jones,  Rev.  Malachi,  102. 
Jones,  Samuel  B.,  D.D.,  238, 
Junkin,  David  X.,  D.D.,  239. 
Junkin,  George,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  223. 

Keith,  George,  82. 
Kennedy,  Rev.  John  H.,  206. 

Latta,  James,  D.D.,  164. 
Latta,  Wm.,D.D,  177. 
Letter  to  Alexander  Coldin,  134. 
Letter  to  Connecticut,  134. 


Letter  to  Dr.  Tong,  143. 

Letter  to  the  Presbytery  of  Dublin, 

137. 
Letter  to  the  Synod  of  Glasgow, 

140,  143. 

Macalester,  Charles,  Esq.,  275. 
Macklin,  Alexander,  D.D.,  233. 
Makemie,  Rev.  Francis,  arrival  of, 

47-51. 
Makemie,  Rev.  Francis,  sketch  of, 

57,  61,  72. 
Mackie,  Rev.  Josias,  53. 
Macnish,  Rev.  George,  79. 
Marinei's'  Church,  341. 
Maryland,  churches  in,  90. 
McCalla,  Rev.  W.  L.,  202,  307. 
McCauley,  Thomas,  D.D.,  217. 
McDowell,  Wm.  A.,  D.D.,  241. 
McGill,  Rev.  Daniel,  101. 
McKinney,  David,  D.D.,  197. 
Meeting-houses  on  the  eastern  shore 

of  Maryland,  45. 
Milledoller,  Philip,  D.D.,  304. 
Ministers,  early  Presbyterian,  55. 
Murray,  Nicholas,  D.D.,  215. 

Neill,  Wm.,D.D.,191. 

New  Jersey,  settlement  in,  94. 
Newkirk,  Matthew,  Esq.,  278. 
New  York,  Presbyterians  in,  55. 
Ninth  Church,  320. 

Orr,  Rev.  Robert,  104. 
Our  emigrant  fathers,  87-9. 

Patterson,  Rev.  James,  187. 
Patterson,  Robert,  LL.D.,  268. 
Philadelphia,  Church  in,  93. 
Philadelphia,  Presbyterians  in,  54. 
Pinuey,  John  B.,  LL  D.,  231. 
Potomac,  Presbyterians  on,  54. 
Potts,  George,  D.D.,  210,  306-7. 
Potts,  W.  S.,  D.D.,200. 
Powell,  Rev.  H.,  101. 
Presbyterianism — 

Basis  of  Faith,  9. 

Order,  10. 

Government,  12. 

Unity,  12. 

Scriptural  Origin,  14. 

Orthodoxy,  16. 

Moral  influence,  18. 

Catholicity,  23. 


INDEX. 


401 


PresbyteriaRism — 

Zeal  for  the  truth,  27. 

Education,  28. 

Civil  liberty,  29. 

Great  men's  opinions  of,  35-6. 
Presbyterians    in    Delaware    and 

Virginia,  52. 
Presbytery,  correspondence  of,  134. 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia — 

Choice  of  place  for,  61. 

First  meeting  of,  62. 

Design  of,  64. 

Character   of   first    ministerial 
members,  65. 

Description  of,  66. 

Meeting  at  Freehold,  67-70. 

Second  meeting  of,  70. 

Growth  of,  90. 
Presbyterv's  relation  to  the  Synod, 

147-51." 
Pumry,  Rev.  S.,  104. 

Religious  views  of  the  founders  of 

our  Church,  86. 
Rittenhouse,  David,  LL.D.,  284. 

Sanford,  Rev.  Joseph,  214. 
Scotch-Irish,  108-116. 
Scots  Church,  331. 
Scovel,>S.,  D.D.,  208. 
Second  Church,  296. 
Settlements  in  Virginia  and  Mary- 
land, 42. 
Sharswood,  Hon.  George,  281. 
Sixth  Church,  313. 
Skinner,  Thos.  H.,D.D.,  LL.D.,  186. 
Smith,  John  Blair,  D.D.,  176. 
South  Church,  331. 


Southwestern  Church,  360. 
Sproat,  Dr.  James,  168. 
Stevens,  Col.  Wm.,  47. 
Synod  of  Phila.,  first  meeting,  108. 

Tabernacle  Church,  313-316. 
Tabor  Church,  368. 
Taylor,  Nathaniel,  84. 
Tennent,  Rev.  Gilbert,  155. 
Tennent,  Rev.  Wm.,  Sr.,  152. 
Tenth  Church,  324-5. 
Third  Church,  300. 
Thomson,  Rev.  J.,  105. 
Traill,  Rev.  William,  46. 

Union  Church,  327-28. 

Van  Vleck,  Rev.  P.,  99. 

Wadsworth,  Charles,  D.D.,  253, 312. 

Watson,  James  C,  D.D.,  212. 

Walnut  St.  Church,  364. 
i  Welsh  immigrants,  I'cO. 
i  West  Spruce  St.  Church,  333. 
'  Westminister  Church,  336. 

Wharton  St.  Church,  345. 

Williamson,   Hugh,   M.D.,  F.R.S.. 
266. 

Wilson,  James  P.,  D.D.,  180-2. 

Wilson,  Rev.  John,  81. 

Winchester,  Rev.  S.  G.,  217. 

Woodbridge  Church,  96. 

Woodland  Church,  370. 

Wotherspoon,  Rev.  R.,  102. 

Wylie  Memorial  Church,  373. 

Teomans,  John  W.,  D.D.,  244. 


ROLL 


or 


MLNISTERS  AND  LICENTIATES 


IN    CONNECTION    WITH    THE 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA, 


From  1706  to  1888. 


PREPARED  BY 

The  Rev.  W.  M.  RICE,  D.D., 

STATED     CLERK. 


ROLL. 


No.  1.  Francis  Makemie.  Original  member.  Ordained  1682  by 
the  Pby.  of  Laggau.     Died  1708. 

No.  2.  John  Hampton.  Original  member.  Ordained  1706.  In- 
stalled 1708,  Pastor  of  Snow  Hill.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  by- 
Synod  of  Phila.  Sept.  18,  1718.  Transferred  Sept.  21,  1716,  to  form 
Pres.  of  Snow  Hill.     Died  1721. 

No.  3.  George  McNish.  Original  member.  Ordained  1705.  In- 
stalled 1711,  Pastor  of  Jamaica,  Long  Island.  Transferred  Sept. 
21,  1716,  to  form  Pres.  of  Long  Island.     Died  March  10,  1722. 

No.  4.  Samuel  Davis.  Original  member.  Installed  1718,  Pastor 
of  Snow  Hill.  Transferred  Sept.  21,  1716,  to  form  Pres.  of  Snow 
Hill.     Died  1725. 

No.  5.  Nathaniel  Taylor.  Original  member.  Ordained  1690. 
Pastor  of  Upper  Marlborough.     Died  1710. 

No.  6.  John  "Wilson.  Original  member.  Ordained  1702.  Pastor 
of  White  Clay  Creek.     Died  1712. 

No.  7.  Jedediah  Andre-ws.  Original  member.  Ordained  1701. 
Pastor  of  First  Ch.,  Phila.     Died  1747. 

No.  8.  John  Boyd.  Parts  of  trial  approved,  Dec.  27,  1706.  Or- 
dained Dec.  29,  1706.     Pastor  of  Freehold,  N.  J.     Died  1708. 

No.  9.  Joseph  Smith.  Received  May  19,  1708,  Candidate.  Or- 
dained 1708.  Installed  1708,  Pastor  of  Colianzy,  N.  J.,  and  in  1715, 
Middletown,  N.  J.     Died  Sept.  8,  1736. 

No.  10.  John  Henry.  Received  Sept.  20,  1710.  Ordained  by  Pby. 
of  Dublin  1709.  Installed  1710,  Pastor  of  Rehoboth.  Transferred 
Sept.  21,  1716,  to  form  Pres.  of  Snow  Hill.     Died  before  Sept.  1717. 

No.  11.  James  Anderson.  Received  Sept.  20,  1710.  Ordained 
Nov.  17,  1708,  by  Irvine  Pby.  Pastor  of  New  Castle.  Transferred 
Sept.  21,  1716,  to  form  Pres.  of  New  Castle.  Installed  August, 
1727,  Donegal  Church.     Died  July  16,  1740. 

No.  12.  Nathaniel  Wade.  Received  Sept.  21,  1710.  Ordained 
1708.  Installed  1708.  Pastor  of  Woodbridge,  N.  J.  Pastoral  rela- 
tion dissolved  Sept.  26,  1711. 

No.  13.     Paulus  Van  Vleok.     Received  Sept.  21,  1710. 

No.  14.  Joseph  Morgan.  Received  Sept.  21,  1710.  Pastor  of 
Freehold,  N.  J. 

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No.  15.  David  Evans.  Received  Sept.  22,  1710,  Candidate. 
Licensed  Sept.  27,  1711.  Ordained  Nov.  3,  1714.  Installed  Nov. 
3,  1714,  Pastor  of  Welsli  Tract.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  April 
23,  1740.  Transferred  Sept.  21,  1716,  to  form  Pres.  of  New  Castle. 
Died  May,  1743. 

No.  16.  Thomas  Bratton.  Received  Sept.  17,  1712.  Died  Oct. 
1712. 

No.  17.  George  Gillespie.  Received  Sept.  15,  1713,  from  Pby.  of 
Glasgow.  Ordained  and  installed  by  a  committee  of  Pby.  May  28, 
1713,  Pastor  of  White  Clay  Creek.     Died  Jan.  2,  1760. 

No.  18.  Robert  Lawson.  Received  Sept.  15,  1713,  from  Pby.  of 
Dumfries,  Scotland.     Died  Nov.  1713. 

No.  19.  Daniel  MagiU.  Received  Sept.  15,  1713.  Pastor  of 
Patuxent.  Transferred  Sept.  21,  1716,  to  form  Pres.  of  New  Castle. 
Died  Feb.  10,  1724. 

No.  20.  Howell  Powell.  Received  Sept.  16,  1713.  Installed  Oct. 
15,  1714,  Pastor  of  Cohanzy,  N.  J.     Died  1717. 

No.  21.  Robert  Wotherspoon.  Received  Sept.  16,  1713.  Or- 
dained May  13,  1714.  Installed  May  13,  1714,  Pastor  of  Apo- 
quinimy.     Died  May,  1718. 

No.  22.  John  Bradner.  Received  and  Licensed  March,  1714,  by 
committee;  approved  Sept.  8,  1714.  Ordained  May  6,  1715.  In- 
stalled May  6,  1715,  Pastor  of  Cape  May,  N.  J.  Removed  to 
Goshen,  N.  Y.,  1721.     Died  before  Sept.  1733. 

No.  23.  Malachi  Jones.  Received  Sept.  9,  1714.  Installed  1714, 
Pastor  of  Abington.     Died  Feb.  1729. 

No.  24.  Hugh  Conn.  Received  Sept.  21,  1715,  as  a  licentiate. 
Ordained  Oct.  21,  1715.  Installed  Oct.  21,  1715,  Pastor  of  Patapsco, 
Md.  Transferred  Sept.  21, 1716,  to  form  Pres.  of  New  Castle.  Died 
June  28,  1752. 

No.  25.  Robert  Orr.  Received  Sept.  21,  1715,  as  a  licentiate. 
Ordained  Oct.  20,  1715.  Installed  Oct.  21,  1715,  Pastor  of  Maiden- 
head and  Hopewell.     Pastoral  relation  dissolved  1719.     Died  1720. 

No.  26.  Samuel  Pumry.  Received  Sept.  23,  1715.  Ordained 
Nov.  30,  1709,  Pastor  of  Newtown,  L.  I.  Transferred  Sept.  21, 1716, 
to  form  Pres.  of  Long  Island.     Died  June  30,  1744. 

No.  27.  Samuel  Gelston.  Received  Sept.  21,  1715.  Ordained 
April  17,  1717.     Died  Oct.  22,  1782. 

No.  28.  John  Pierson.  Ordained  April  29,  1717.  Installed  April 
29,  1717,  Pastor  of  Woodbridge,  N.  J.  Released  1753.  Died 
August  23,  1770. 

No.  29.  "William  Tennent.  Received  Sept.  17,  1718,  by  Synod 
of  Phila.  Installed  1721,  Pastor  of  Beusalem  and  Smithfield. 
1726,  Neshaminy.     Died  May  6,  1746. 

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No.  30.  John  Thomson.  Ordained  April,  1717.  Installed  April 
1717,  Pastor  of  Lewes,  Del.  1730,  Middle  Octorara.  ]  732,  Chestnnt 
Level.     Died  1753. 

No.   .31.     Jonathan   Dickinson.     Received  1717.     Ordained  Sept. 

29,  1709,  Pastor  of  Elizabethtown,  N.  J.     First  President,  Nassau 
Hall,  1746.     Died  Oct.  7,  1747. 

No.  32.  Gilbert  Tennent.  Licensed  May,  1725.  Ordained  1726- 
Installed  1726,  Pastor  of  New  Brunswick.  Installed  Pastor  of  2d 
Church,  Phila.,  May,  1743.     Died  July  23,  1764. 

No.  33.  Francis  Alison.  Received  1752,  from  Pres.  of  New  Castle. 
Ordained  1737.     Died  Nov.  28,  1779.     D.D. 

No.  34.     Richard  Treat.     Ordained  Dec.  30,  1731.     Installed  Dec. 

30,  1731,  Pastor  of  Abington.     Died  Nov.  20,  1778. 

No.  35.     Ebenezer  Gould.     Received  1727.     Pastor  of  Greenwich, 

N.  J.     Died  1778. 
No.  36.     Daniel  Elmer.     Received  1728.     Pastor  of  Fairfield,  N.  J. 

Died  Jan.  14,  1755. 
No.  37.     Eleazer  "Wales.     Received  1730.     Pastor  of  Allows  Town. 

Died  1749. 
No.  38.    William  Tennent,  Jr.    Ordained  Oct.  25, 1733.     Installed 

Oct.  25,  1733,  Pastor  of  Freehold,  N.  J.     Died  March  8,  1777. 
No.  39.     Samuel  Blair.     Licensed  Nov.  9,  1733.     Dismissed  Sept. 

19,  1734,  to  Pres.  of  East  Jersey.     Died  July  5,  1751. 
No.  40.     John  Tennent.     Licensed  Sept.  18,  1729.     Ordained  Nov. 

19,  1730.     Installed  Nov.  19,  1730,  Pastor  of  Freehold,  N.  J.     Died 

April  23,  1732. 
No.  41.      Hugh  Carlisle.      Received  June  29,  1736,  from  Pby.  of 

New  Castle.     Pastor  of  Newton,  Plumsted.     Amwell,  Bethlehem. 

Dismissed  March  14,  1738,  to  Pres.  of  Lewes. 
No.  42.      Charles  Tennent.     Received  June  30,  3  736.     Licensed 

Sept.  20,  1736.     Ordained  by  Pby.  of  Newcastle,  1737.     Died  Feb. 

25,  1771. 
No.  43.     John  Guild.     Received  April  6,  1737.     Licensed  Sept.  9, 

1737.     Ordained  Nov.  11,  1741.     Installed  Nov.  11,  1741,  Pastor  of 

Hopewell.      Dismissed  June  3,  1758,  to  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick. 

Died  July  10,  1787. 
No.  44.     Robert  Cross.     Received  May  30,  1737,  by  direction  of 

Synod.      Installed  Nov.  10,  1737,  Pastor  of  First  Church,  Phila. 

Pastoral  relation  dissolved  June  22,  1758.     Died  Aug.  9,  1766. 
No.  45.     Francis  McHenry.     Received  Nov.  10, 1737.     From  Pby. 

Monaghau.    Ordained  Sept.  18,  1739.     Installed  Sept.  1743,  Pastor 

of  Neshaminy  and  Deep  Run.     Died  1757. 
No.  46.     John  Nutman.     Licensed  1730.     Ordained  1730,  Pastor  of 

Hanover,  N.J.     Pastoral  relation  dissolved  1745.      Died  Sept.  1, 

1751. 

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No.  47.     Samuel  HemphilL     Received  Sept.  1734.     Suspended  by 

Synod,  Sept.  2"J,  1735. 
No.  48.     Benjamin  Chestnut.     Received  17.')6,     Ordained  Sept.  3, 

1751,  Pastor  of  Cliarlestovvn  and  New  Providence.     Pastoral  rela- 
tion with  Charlestown  dissolved  Nov.  3,  1763  ;  with  New  Providence 

April  8,  1767.     Died  July  21,  1775. 
No.  49.    Henry  Martin.     Received  June  20, 1753,  from  Pby.  of  New 

Castle.     Ordained  April  10,  1754.     Installed  April  10,  1754,  Pastor 

of  Newton  and  Solesbury.     Released  from  Solesbury  Oct.  5,  1757. 

Died  1764. 
No.  50.     Charles  Beatty.     Licensed  Oct.  13,  1742.     Ordained  Dec. 

14,  1743.      Installed  Dec.  14,  1743,  Pastor  of  Neshaminy.     Died 

Aug.  13,  1772. 
No.  51.     Nehemiah  Greenman.    Received  May  16,  1753,  from  Pby. 

of  New  York.      Ordained  Dec.   5,  1753.      Installed  Dec.  5,  1753, 

Pastor  of  Pilesgrove.      Pastoral  relation  dissolved  April  9,  1779 

Died  1779. 
No.  52.    Andrew  Hunter.    Ordained  Sept.  4, 1746.     Installed  Sept. 

4,  1746,  Pastor  of  Greenwich  and  Deertield.     Pastoral  relation  dis- 
solved July  23,  1760.     Died  July  28,  1775. 
No.  53.     "William  Ramsey.     Received  May  11,  1756,  from  Fairfield 

County  Asso.,  Conn.      Ordained  Dec.  1,  1756.      Installed  Dec.  1, 

1756,  Pastor  of  Fairfield,  N.  J.     Died  Nov.  5,  1771. 
No.  54.     Daniel  Lawrence.      Licensed  May  28,  1745.      Ordained 

April  2,  1747.     Installed  June,  1747,  Pastor  of  Forks  of  Delaware. 

Released  May  25,  1752.      Removed  to  Cape  May,  June  20,  1754. 

Died  April  30,  1766. 
No.  55.     John   Griffith.      Received  May  31,  1758,  by  direction  of 

Synod.     Ordained  May  31,  1758.     Died  before  Nov.  1770. 
No.  56.     Hamilton  BelL     Received  June  3,  1740,  as  a  candidate. 

Licensed  Sept.  30,  1740.    Dismissed  Oct.  27,  1741,  to  Pyb.  of  Donegal. 
No.  57.     Harry  Munro.    Received  May  13, 1759,  as  a  minister  from 

Great  Britain. 
No.  58.     David  CoweU.     Ordained  Nov.  3,  1736.     Installed  Nov. 

3,  1736,  Pastor  of  Trenton,  N.  J.     Dismissed  June  3,  1758,  to  Pby. 

of  New  Brunswick.     Died  Dec.  1,  1760. 
No.  59.     Samuel  Evans.     Received  Sept.  30,  1740,  as  a  candidate. 

Licensed  Jan.  8,  1741.     Ordained  May  5,  1742.     Installed  May  5, 

1742,  Pastor  of  Great  Valley.      Pastoral  relation  dissolved  1747. 

Dismissed  May  23,  1751.     Disowned  by  Synod. 
No.  60.     John  Ewing.     Received  Oct.  23,  1759,  from  Pres.  of  New 

Castle.      Installed  Oct.  24,  1759,  Pastor  of  First  Church,  Phila. 

Died  Sept.  8,  1802.     D.D. 
No.  61.     James  Latta.     Licensed  Feb.  15,  1758.     Ordained  Oct.  24, 

1759.     Installed  August  25,  1761,  Pastor  of  Deep  Run.     Pastoral 

relation  dissolved  April  10,  1770.     Dismissed  1771,  to  Pby.  of  New 

Castle.     Died  Jan.  29,  1801. 

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No.  62.  Joseph  Montgomery.  Received  May  16,  1759,  as  a  can- 
didate.    Licensed  May  15,  ITbO.     Dismissed  May  27,  1761. 

No.  63.  John  Beard.  Received  Oct.  23,  1759,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  Ang.  22,  1760.  Ordained  April  16,  1761.  Dismissed  May 
27,  1761,  witliout  naming  Pby. 

No.  64.  John  Simonton.  Received  May  15,  1759,  as  a  licentiate. 
Ordained  April  16,  1761.  Installed  April  16,  1761,  Pastor  of  Great 
Valley. 

No.  65.  John  Clark.  Received  August  13,  1761,  from  Pby.  of  New 
Brunswick.  Installed  Oct.  13,  1762,  Pastor  of  Forks  of  Delaware. 
Pastoral  relation  dissolved  Nov.  4,  1767.  Dismissed  July  26,  1770, 
to  any  Presbytery. 

No.  66.  Samuel  Maga-w.  Received  May  13,  1760,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  August  14,  1761. 

No.  67.  John  Brainerd.  Received  April  6,  1762,  from  Pby.  of  New 
York.     Ordained  1748.     Died  March  24,  1781. 

No.  68.  John  Murray.  Received  May  13,  1765,  from  Pby.  of  New 
York.  Installed  May  28,  1765,  Pastor  of  2d  Church,  Phila.  Sus- 
pended June  18,  1766.  Dismissed  April  9,  1767.  Died  March  13, 
1793. 

No.  69.  Simon  'Williams.  Received  May  14, 1765,  from  Pres.  New 
Brunswick.     Ordained  May  28,  1765. 

No.  70.  Enoch  Green.  Received  May  25,  1767,  from  Pres.  of  New 
Brunswick.  Installed  June  11,  1767,  Pastor  of  Deerfield.  Died 
Dec.  1776. 

No.  71.  Alexander  Mitchell.  Received  May  24,  1768,  from  Pres. 
of  New  Brunswick.  Ordained  Nov.  23,  1768.  Installed  Nov.  23, 
1768,  Pastor  of  Tinicum  and  Solesbury.  Released  May  23,  1783. 
Dismissed  May  18,  1785,  to  Pby.  of  New  Castle. 

No.  72.  James  Boyd.  Received  March  29, 1769,  from  Pres.  of  New 
Castle.  Ordained  May  30,  1769.  Installed  May  30, 1769,  Pastor  of 
Newtown  and  Bensalem.     Died  Feb.  5,  1814. 

No.  73.  James  Sproat.  Received  March  29,  1769,  from  Guilford 
Cong.  Ch.  Ordained  August  23,  1743.  Installed  March  30,  1769, 
Pastor  of  Second  Ch.,  Phila.     Died  Oct.  18,  1793.     D.D. 

No.  74.  James  Watt.  Received  Nov.  9,  1769,  from  Pby.  of  Lewes. 
Ordained  April  23,  1770.  Installed  May  12,  1770,  Pastor  of  Cape 
May.     Died  Nov.  19,  1789. 

No.  75.  Daniel  McCalla.  Received  Nov.  6, 1771,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  July  19,  1772.  Ordained  Nov.  17,  1774.  Installed  Nov. 
17,  1774,  Pastor  of  Norriton,  New  Providence,  and  Charlestown. 
Pastoral  relation  dissolved  March  6,  1783.  Dismissed  about  1788. 
Removed  to  Soiith  Carolina.     Died  May,  1809. 

No.  76.  William  Hollinshead.  Received  Nov.  6, 1771,  as  a  can- 
didate.   Licensed  July  19, 1772.    Ordained  July  29, 1773.    Installed 

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July  29,  1773,  Pastor  of  Fairfield.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  July 
15,  1783.  Dismissed  July  15,  1783,  to  Coug.  Association  of  South 
Carolina. 

No.  77.  Samuel  Eakin.  Received  May  21,  1773,  from  Pby.  of  New 
Castle.     Dismissed  May  24,  1776,  to  Pby.  of  New  Castle. 

No.  78.  George  Duffield.  Received  July  28,  1773,  and  annexed  to 
Pby.  with  Third  Ch.  by  Act  of  Synod.  Licensed  March  11,  1756,  by 
Pby.  of  New  Castle.  Ordained  Sept.  25,  1701,  by  Pby.  of  Carlisle. 
Pastor  of  Third  Ch.,  Phila.     Died  Feb.  2,  1790.     D.D. 

No.  79.  Nathaniel  Erwin.  Received  May  20,  1774,  from  Pby.  of 
New  Castle.  Ordained  Nov.  3, 1774.  Installed  Nov.  3, 1774,  Pastor 
of  Neshaminy.     Died  March  3,  1812. 

No.  80.  Israel  Evans.  Received  Nov.  4,  1773,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  August  2,  1774.  Ordained  August  16,  1775.  Dismissed 
Oct.  17,  1786,  to  take  charge  of  a  church  in  Weymouth,  Mass. 

No.  81.  Robert  Keith.  Received  Nov.  4,  1773,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  August  2,  1774.  Ordained  August  21,  1776.  Died,  re- 
ported May  17,  1785. 

No.  82.  Andre"w  Hunter,  Jr.  Received  April  6,  1774,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  June  21,  1774.  Ordained  May  20,  1779.  Dismissed 
April  19,  1797,  to  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick. 

No.  83.  James  Greer.  Received  April  5,  1775,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  May  31,  1775.  Ordained  June  18,  1777.  Installed  June 
18,  1777,  Pastor  of  Deep  Run.     Died  Nov.  19,  1791. 

No.  84.  William  Linn.  Received  May  2,  1776,  from  Pby.  of  Done- 
gal. Ordained  May  2,  1776.  Dismissed  May  22,  1777,  to  Pby.  of 
Donegal. 

No.  85.  Isaac  Keith.  Received  April  8, 1778.  Candidate.  Licensed 
Nov.  4,  1778.  Ordained  May  30,  1780.  Dismissed  May  30,  1780, 
to  Pby.  of  Donegal. 

No.  86.  "William  Schenck.  Received  April  4,  1780,  from  Pres.  of 
New  Brunswick.  Installed  May,  1780,  Pastor  of  Pittsgrove.  Dis- 
missed Oct.  1786,  to  Pby.  of  New  York. 

No.  87.  Hugh  Brackenridge.  Received  Nov.  6,  1776,  as  a  candi- 
date.    Licensed  June  18,  1777.     License  resigned  April  7,  1789. 

No.  88.  Philip  V.  Fithian.  Received  May  18,  1774.  Candidate. 
Died  Oct.  8,  1776. 

No.  89.  George  Faitoute.  Received  Oct.  17,  1781,  from  Pby.  of 
New  Brunswick.  Ordained  1779.  Installed  April  8,  1782,  Pastor 
of  Greenwich,  N.  J.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  June  16,  1789. 
Dismissed  June  16,  1789,  to  Pby.  of  Suffolk. 

No.  90.  William  M.  Tennent.  Received  May  15,  1782,  from 
Consociation  of  Western  District,  Fairfield  County,  Connecticut. 
Ordained  1772.  Installed  Nov.  19,  1782,  Pastor  of  Abington,  Nor- 
riton,  Providence.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  April  16,  1806, 
Norriton,  Providence.     Died  Dec.  3,  1810, 


MINISTERS    AND   LICENTIATES. 

No.  91.  Samuel  Blair  (2).  Received  Oct.  15,  1782,  hy  direction  of 
Synod.     Ordained  1766.      Died  Sept.  24,  1818. 

No.  92.  Francis  Peppard.  Received  May  23,  1783,  from  Pby.  of 
New  Brunswick.  Ordained  1765.  Installed  Oct.  13,  1783,  Pastor 
of  AUenstown.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  Oct.  22,  1794.  Dismissed 
April  22,  1795,  to  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick. 

No.  93.  Simeon  Hyde.  Received  March  6,  1783,  from  North  Asso. 
Hartford,  Conn.  Ordained  June  25,  1783.  Installed  June  25,  1783, 
Pastor  of  Deerfield.     Died  July,  1783. 

No.  94.  William  McKee.  Received  May  18,  1785,  from  Pby.  of 
Belfast,  Ireland.     Dismissed  May  22,  1787,  to  Pby.  of  Lewes. 

No.  95.  John  Johnson.  Received  Oct.  18,  1785,  from  Pby.  of  Bel- 
fast, Ireland.     Dismissed  May  22,  1787,  to  Pby.  of  Carlisle. 

No.  96.  James  Snodgrass.  Received  May  17,  1785,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Dec.  13,  1785.  Dismissed  July  10,  1789,  to  Pby. 
of  Carlisle. 

No.  97.  Nathan  Greer.  Received  Aug.  2,  1785,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  Dec.  17,  1785.  Dismissed  April  9,  1787,  to  Pby.  of  New 
Castle.  Ordained  and  installed  Pastor  Forks  of  Brandywine,  1787. 
Died  March  31,  1814 

No.  98.  "William  Pickles.  Received  May  18,  1786,  as  a  foreign 
probationer.  Ordained  July,  1777.  Installed  1786,  Pastor  of 
Deerfield.     Pastoral  relation  dissolved  Nov.  24,  1787. 

No.  99.  Nathaniel  R.  Snowden.  Received  May  19,  1790,  as  a 
candidate.  Licensed  Oct.  19,  1791.  Dismissed  1793,  to  Pby.  of 
Carlisle.  Received  April  21,  1814,  from  Pby.  of  New  Castle.  Dis- 
missed Oct.  21,  1817,  to  Pby.  of  Carlisle. 

No.  100.  Gilbert  Tennent  Snowden.  Received  Oct.  20, 1789,  as 
a  candidate.  Licensed  July  7,  1790.  Dismissed  Oct.  19,  1790,  to 
Pby.  of  New  Brunswick. 

No.  101.  Isaac  Foster.  Received  Oct.  20,  1790,  from  Cong.  Ch., 
Mass.  Ordained  July,  1787.  Installed  April  26,  1791,  Pastor  of 
Pittsgrove.     Died  June  18,  1794. 

No.  102.  Robert  Cathcart.  Received  Oct.  20,  1790,  as  a  licentiate 
from  Pby.  of  Route,  Ireland.  Dismissed  1793,  to  Pby.  of  Carlisle. 
Installed  1793  over  churches  of  York  and  Hopewell.  Died  Oct.  19, 
1849.     D.D. 

No.  103.  Adam  Ramsay.  Received  Oct.  20,  1790,  as  a  licentiate 
from  Pby.  of  Route,  Ireland.  Dismissed  April  20,  1791,  to  Pby.  of 
New  Brunswick. 

No.  104.  Nathaniel  Harris.  Received  April  23,  1789,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Oct.  23,  1790.  Ordained  June  14,  1797.  Installed 
June  14,  1797,  Pastor  of  Penn's  Neck  and  Alloway's  Creek.  Pas- 
toral relation  dissolved  April  23,  1801.  Dismissed  April  23,  1801,  to 
Pby.  of  New  Brunswick. 

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No.  105.  Abijah  Davis.  Received  May  20,  1789,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  (k-t.  23,  ilW.  Ordained  Dec.  1,  1791.  Installed  Dec.  1, 
1791,  Pastor  of  Cape  May.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  May  4,  1800. 
Dismissed  April  22,  1807,  to  Pby.  of  Washington.  April  18,  1811, 
declared  a  member,  not  having  used  certificate.    Died  Aug.  7, 1817. 

No.  106.  Ethan  Osborn.  Received  April  22,  1789,  as  a  licentiate 
from  South  Asso.  of  Hartford,  Conn.  Ordained  Dec.  3,  1789. 
Installed  Dec.  3,  1789,  Pastor  of  Fairfield,  N.  J.  Transferred  Oct. 
21,  1839,  to  form  Pby.  of  West  Jersey. 

No.  107.  John  Gemmell.  Received  Oct.  17,  1786,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  23,  1789.  Ordained  Nov.  3,  1791.  Installed  Nov. 
3,  1791,  Pastor  of  Great  Valley,  Charlestown,  and  West  Chester. 
Released  from  West  Chester  Sept.  1,  1795.  From  Charlestown  and 
Great  Valley  May  15,  1798.  Dismissed  May  15,  1798,  to  Cong. 
Asso.  of  New  Haven. 

No.  108.  James  Carson.  Received  April  21,  1790,  as  a  candidate. 
Dismissed  April  21,  1791.     Withdrew. 

No.  109.  Ashbel  Green.  Received  April  9,  1787,  from  Pby.  of 
New  Brunswick.  Ordained  May  15, 1787.  Installed  May  15,  1787, 
Pastor  of  Second  Ch.,  Phila.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  Oct.  20, 
1812.  Dismissed  Oct.  20, 1812,  to  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick.  President 
of  Princeton  College,  1812-1822.  Received  April  15, 1823,  from  Pby. 
of  New  Brunswick.     Died  May  19,  1848.     D.D. 

No.  110.  John  Blair  Smith.  Received  Dec.  21,  1791,  from  Pby.  of 
Hanover.  Licensed  April  29,  1778.  Ordained  Oct.  20,  1779.  In- 
stalled Dec.  22,  1791,  Pastor  of  Third  Ch.,  Phila.  Pastoral  relation 
dissolved  Oct.  14,  1795.  Dismissed  Oct.  14, 1795,  to  Pres.  of  Albany. 
Received  .Tune  11,  1799,  from  Pby.  of  Albany.  Installed  June  27, 
1799,  Pastor  of  Third  Ch.,  Phila.     Died  Aug.  22,  1799.     D.D. 

No.  111.  Uriah  Dubois.  Received  April  18,  1792,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  Oct.  20,  1796.  Ordained  Oct.  10,  1798.  Installed  Oct.  10, 
1798,  Pastor  of  Deep  Run  and  Tinicum.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved 
April  19,  1810.     Died  Sept.  11,  1821. 

No.  112.     George  Whitefield  Cowles.     Received  Oct.  19,  1792, 

as  a  licentiate  irom  South  Asso.  of  Hartford,  Conn. 
No.  113.     William  Clarkson.     Received  April  16,  1793,  as  a  can- 
didate.    Licensed  April  16,  1794.     Ordained  Nov.  14,  1794.      In- 
stalled Nov.  14,  1794,  Pastor  of  Greenwich  and  Bridgeton.    Pastoral 
relation  dissolved  Oct.  20,  1801.     Dismissed  Oct.  20,  1801,  to  Pby. 
of  Albany. 
No.  114.     Samuel  Laycock.     Received  Nov.  13,  1794,  from  Lanca- 
shire Asso.  (Independent),  Eng.     Installed  Aug.  12,  1795,  Pastor 
of  Pittsgrove.    Pastoral  relation  dissolved  May  15,  1798.     Dismissed 
Oct.  17,  1799,  to  Pby.  of  New  Castle. 
No.  115.     Michael  Arthur.     Received  Aug.  15,  1794,  from  Pby.  of 
Edinburgh  Synod  of  Relief.     Dismissed  April  20,  1796,  to  Pby.  of 
Lexington. 

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No.  116.  John  N.  Abeel.  Received  Oct.  22,  1794,  as  a  licentiate 
from  Classis  of  N.  Y.  Ref.  Dutch  Ch.  Ordained  Nov.  18,  1794. 
Installed  Oct.  18,  1794,  Pastor  of  Third  Ch.  Pastoral  relation  dis- 
solved Sept.  1,  1795.  Dismissed  Sept.  1,  1795,  to  Classis  of  N.  Y, 
Reformed  Dutch  Ch. 

No.  117.  William  Arthur.  Received  April  22,  1795,  from  Asso- 
ciate Ref.  Pby.  of  New  York.  Dismissed  Sept.  1,  1795,  to  Pbj.  of 
New  Castle. 

No.  118.  John  Davenport.  Received  Aug.  11,  1795,  from  Pby.  of 
Long  Island.  Installed  Aug.  12,  1795,  Pastor  of  Deerfield.  Pas- 
toral relation  dissolved  Oct.  15,  1805.  Dismissed  Oct.  21,  1807,  to 
Pbj.  of  Oneida. 

No.  119.     Evan  Jones.     Received  Oct.  14,  1795. 

No.  120.  Thomas  Picton.  Received  Oct.  19, 1796,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  18,  1798.  Ordained  June  13,  1799.  Installed  Oct. 
18,  1799,  Pastor  of  Woodbury  and  Timber  Creek.  Pastoral  relation 
dissolved  Nov.  12,  1804.  Dismissed  April  18,  1805,  to  Pby.  of  New 
York. 

No.  121.  Robert  Russell.  Received  Dec.  1797,  from  Pby.  of  New 
Castle.  Ordained  April  18,  1798.  Installed  April  18,  1798,  Pastor 
of  Allen's  Township.  Transferred  June  27,  1820,  with  his  church, 
to  Pby.  of  Newton. 

No.  122.  William  Latta.  Received  April  16,  1799,  from  Pby.  of 
New  Castle.  Ordained  June  13, 1799.  Installed  Oct.  1,  1799,  Pas- 
tor of  Great  Valley  and  Charlestown.     Died  Feb.  19,  1847.     D.D. 

No.  123.  Jacob  J.  Janevray.  Received  April  17, 1799,  from  Classis 
of  New  York.  Ordained  June  13,  1799.  Installed  June  13,  1799, 
Pastor  of  Second  Ch.,  Phila.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  July  9, 
1828.  Dismissed  April  22,  1830,  to  Classis  of  New  Brunswick.  Died 
June  27,  1858.     D.D. 

No.  124.  John  Jones.  Received  April  4,  1799,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  May  23,  1801.  Ordained  Dec.  9,  1807.  Dismissed  April 
21,  1824,  to  Pby.  of  Winchester. 

No.  125.  Buckley  Carl.  Received  June  11,  1799,  from  Pby,  of 
Long  Island.  Ordained  June  13,  1799.  Installed  Oct.  16,  1799, 
Pastor  of  Pittsgrove.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  1802.  Transferred 
Oct.  21,  1839,  to  form  Pby.  of  West  Jersey.     Died  May  22,  1849. 

No.  126.  John  Blair  Linn.  Received  June  11,  1799,  from  Classis 
of  New  York.  Ordained  June  13,  1799.  Installed  June  27,  1799, 
Pastor  of  First  Ch.,  Phila.     Died  Aug.  30,  1804. 

No.  127.  David  Edwards.  Received  Oct.  22, 1800,  from  Protestant 
Dissenters,  South  Wales.  Ordained  June  15,  1802.  Installed 
June  15,  1802,  Pastor  of  Penn's  Neck.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved 
Dec.  13,  1803.     Died  Dec.  20,  1813. 

No.  128.  Philip  Milledoler.  Received  April  21, 1801,  from  Classis 
of  New  York.  Installed  April  23, 1801,  Pastor  of  Third  Ch.,  Phila. 
Pastoral  relation  dissolved  Sept.  4, 1805.  Dismissed  Sept.  4,  1805, 
to  Pby.  of  New  York. 

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No.  129.  Nathaniel  Todd.  Received  April  20,  1802,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Oct.  13,  1803.  Dismissed  Oct.  15,  1805,  to  Pby.  of 
Albany.  Received  Oct.  1808,  from  Pby.  of  Albany.  Installed  May 
12,  1809,  Pastor  of  Woodbury.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  Oct.  18, 
1815.     Dismissed  April  17,  1823,  to  Pby.  of  Carlisle. 

No.  130.  John  M.  Bradford.  Received  April  20,  1802,  as  a  can- 
didate. Licensed  Oct.  13,  1803.  Dismissed  July  2,  1805,  to  Classis 
of  Albany. 

No.  131.  Joseph  Brevyster.  Received  Dec.  13, 1803,  as  a  candi- 
date. 

No.  132.  Jonathan  Freeman.  Received  May  14,  1805,  from  Pby. 
of  Hudson.  Installed  Oct.  15,  1805,  Pastor  of  Greenwich  and 
Bridgeton.     Died  Nov.  17,  1822. 

No.  133.  Joseph  Eastburn.  Licensed  May  14,  1805.  Missionary 
to  Mariners.     Died  Jan.  30,  1828. 

No.  134.  George  C.  Potts.  Received  April  16,  1800,  as  a  licen- 
tiate from  Pby.  of  New  Castle.  Ordained  May  22,  1800.  Installed 
May  22,  1800,  Pastor  of  Fourth  Ch.,  Phila.  Pastoral  relation  dis- 
solved Sept.  9,  1835.     Died  Sept.  23,  1838. 

No.  135.  John  Clark.  Received  April  15,  1806,  from  Pby.  of  Hud- 
son. Installed  May  7,  1806,  Pastor  of  Pittsgrove.  Pastoral  relation 
dissolved  April  21,  1808.  Dismissed  April  21,  1808,  to  Pby.  of 
Hudson. 

No.  136.  Robert  Reid.  Received  April  15,  1806,  from  Pby.  of 
Monegan,  Ireland. 

No.  137.  James  P.  Wilson.  Received  May  12,  1806,  from  Pby.  of 
Lewes.  Installed  June,  1806,  Pastor  of  First  Ch.,  Phila.  Pastoral 
relation  dissolved  April  20,  1830.     Died  Dec.  9,  1830.     D.D. 

No.  138.  Archibald  Alexander.  Received  April  21,  1807,  from 
Pby.  of  Hanover.  Installed  May  20,  1807,  Pastor  of  Third  Ch., 
Phila.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  July  22,  1812.  Dismissed  July 
22,  1812,  to  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick.  Professor  of  Princeton  Theo- 
logical Seminary.     Died  Oct.  21,  1851.     D.D. 

No.  139.  Nathaniel  Reeve.  Received  May  17, 1808,  from  Pby.  of 
Long  Island.  Installed  Oct.  20,  1808,  Pastor  of  Deerfield.  Pastoral 
relation  dissolved  April  15,  1817.  Dismissed  April  17, 1817,  to  Pby. 
of  Long  Island. 

No.  140.  John  W.  Doak.  Received  April  20,  1809,  from  Pby.  of 
Abingdon.  Installed  July  8,  1809,  Pastor  of  Frankford.  Pastoral 
relation  dissolved  August  28,  1816.  Dismissed  Oct.  17,  1816,  to 
Pby.  of  Abingdon.     Died  Oct.  1820. 

No.  141 .  Samuel  W.  Doak.  Received  Oct.  18,1 809,  as  a  licentiate 
from  Pby.  of  Abingdon.  Dismissed  Dec.  7,  1813,  to  Pby.  of  Abing- 
don. 

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No.  142.  Thomas  Dunn.  Received  Oct.  17,  1810,  from  Baptist  Ch. 
Ordained  June  18,  1811.  Installed  May,  1813,  Pastor  of  Grerman- 
town.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  Oct.  18,  1815.  Installed  May  5, 
1817,  Pastor  of  Solesbury.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  April  19, 
1820. 

No.  143.  John  Gloucester.  Received  April  16,  1811,  from  Pby. 
of  Union.     Installed  Pastor  of  First  Afr.  Ch.     Died  May  2,  1822. 

No.  144.  George  DufiBeld.  Received  April  22,  1812,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  19,  1815.  Dismissed  Dec.  12,  1815,  to  Pby. 
of  Carlisle.     D.D. 

No.  145.  James  K.  Burch.  Received  May  18,  1811,  from  Pby.  of 
Orange.  Installed  July  18, 1813,  Pastor  of  Fifth  Ch.,  Phila.  Pas- 
toral relation  dissolved  Nov.  5,  1816.  Dismissed  April  17,  1817,  to 
Pby.  of  Hanover  or  Orange.  Received  June  8,  1819,  from  Pby.  of 
Hanover.     Probably  dismissed  April,  1828,  to  Pby.  of  Ebenezer. 

No.  146.  George  W.  Janvier.  Received  Oct.  15,  1811,  from  Pby. 
of  New  Castle.  Ordained  May  13,  1812.  Installed  May  13,  1812, 
Pastor  of  Pittsgrove.  Transferred  Oct.  1839,  to  form  Pby.  of  West 
Jersey. 

No.  147.  Samuel  B.  Ho^we.  Received  April  22,  1812,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Oct.  22,  1813.  Ordained  Nov.  9,  1815.  Installed 
Nov.  9,  1815,  Pastor  of  Solesbury.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  Oct. 
15,  1816.  Dismissed  Oct.  15,  1816,  to  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick. 
Received  April  22,  1829,  from  Classis  of  New  York.  Dismissed  Oct. 
19,  1830,  to  Pby.  of  Carlisle.     D.D. 

No.  148.  William  Dunlap.  Received  May  12,  1812,  from  Pby.  of 
New  Brunswick.  Ordained  July  21,  1812.  Installed  July  21,  1812, 
Pastor  of  Abington.     Died  Dec.  19,  1818. 

No.  149.  Robert  B.  Belville.  Received  April  20,  1813,  from  Pby. 
of  New  Castle.  Ordained  Oct.  20,  1813.  Installed  Oct.  20,  1813, 
Pastor  of  Neshaminy.  Transferred  Oct.  31,  1833,  by  Synod  to  form 
Second  Pby.  of  Phila. 

No.  150.  Isaac  A.  Ogden..  Received  July  21,  1806,  as  a  candidate. 
Dismissed  Nov.  16,  1813,  to  Pby.  of  Carlisle.  Received  Oct.  21, 
1817,  as  a  licentiate  from  Pby.  of  Carlisle.  Ordained  Nov.  12,  1817. 
Installed  Nov.  12,  1817,  Pastor  of  Cape  May.  Pastoral  relation 
dissolved  April  20,  1825.  Dismissed  April  19,  1826,  to  Pby.  of  Cin- 
cinnati. 

No.  151.  Joseph  Barr,  Received  April  20, 1813,  from  Pby.  of  New 
Castle.  Ordained  Oct.  20,  1813.  Installed  Nov.  11,  1813,  Pastor 
of  Norriton  and  Providence.     Pastoral  relation  dissolved  March  12, 

.    1822.     Dismissed  March  12,  1822,  to  Pby.  of  New  Castle. 

No.  152.  John  Joyce.  Received  April  21,  1813,  from  Independent 
Tabernacle.     Dismissed  Oct.  17,  1816,  to  Pby.  of  Harmony. 

No.  153.  Thomas  H.  Skinner.  Received  May  18, 1813,  as  a  licen- 
tiate from  Pby.  of  Jersey.    Ordained  June  23,  1813.     Installed  June 

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23,  1813,  Pastor  of  Second  Ch.,  Pliila.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved 
Nov.  5,  1816.  Installed  Dec.  1,  1816,  Pastor  of  Fifth  Ch.,  Phila. 
Pastoral  relation  dissolved  May  5,  1828.  Dismissed  May  5,  1828,  to 
General  Association  of  Massachusetts.  Received  Oct.  21,  1828,  from 
Suflfolk  Association,  Mass.  Installed  Oct.  26,  1828,  Pastor  of  Fifth 
Ch.,  Phila.  Transferred  May  26,  1832,  to  form  Second  Pby.  of 
Phila.    Died  Feb.  1,  1871.     D.D.,  LL.D. 

No.  154.  John  Rumkle.  Received  May  18,  1813,  from  German 
Ref.  Synod.     Dismissed  April  15,  1817,  to  Ger.  Ref.  Synod. 

No.  155.  James  Patterson.  Received  Nov.  16,  1813,  from  Pby.  of 
New  Brunswick.  Ordained  Aug.  9,  1809,  by  Pby.  of  New  Bruns- 
wick. Installed  Jan.  11,  1814,  Pastor  of  First  Ch.,  Northern  Lib- 
erties. Transferred  May  26,  1832,  to  form  Second  Pby.  of  Phila. 
Died  Nov.  17,  1837. 

No.  156.  Ezra  Stiles  Ely.  Received  July  26,  1814,  from  Pby.  of 
New  York.  Installed  Sept.  7,  1814,  Pastor  of  Third  Ch.,  Phila. 
Transferred  May  26,  1832,  to  form  Second  Pby.  of  Phila.  Died 
June  17,  1861.     D.D. 

No.  157.  Thomas  Charlton  Henry.  Received  Oct.  18,  1814,  as  a 
candidate.  Licensed  April  17,  1816.  Dismissed  Jan.  8,  1818,  to 
Pby.  of  West  Lexington.     Died  Oct.  4,  1827.     D.D. 

No.  158.  James  Joyce.  Received  Oct.  18,  1814,  from  Pby.  of 
Oneida.     Installed  Nov.  11,  1814,  Pastor  of  Newtown. 

No.  159.  Timothy  Harrison.  Received  Jan.  21,  1815,  as  a  candi- 
date. 

No.  160.  Nicholas  Patterson.  Received  Oct.  18,  1815,  as  a  can- 
date.  Licensed  Oct.  22,  1817.  Dismissed  April  19,  1820,  to  Pby. 
of  Baltimore. 

No.  161.  Thomas  J.  Biggs.  Received  Oct.  18,  1815,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Oct.  22,  1817.  Ordained  Nov.  10,  1818.  Installed 
Nov.  10,  1818,  Pastor  of  Frankford.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved 
Oct.  20,  1831.  Dismissed  Oct.  21,  1831,  to  Pby.  of  Cincinnati.  Died 
Feb.  9,  1864.     D.D. 

No.  162.  John  "W.  Campbell.  Received  Oct.  18,  1815,  as  a  can- 
didate.    Dismissed  Nov.  5,  1«16,  to  Pby.  of  Hanover. 

No.  163.  George  Chandler.  Received  Oct.  18, 1815,  as  a  licentiate 
from  Pby.  of  Hudson.  Ordained  Nov.  15,  1815.  Installed  Nov.  15, 
1815,  Pastor  of  First  Ch.,  Kensington.  Transferred  May  26,  1832, 
to  form  Second  Pby.  of  Phila.     Died  June  19,  1878. 

No.  164.  Samuel  Hanson  Cox.  Received  Oct.  18,  1815,  as  a  can- 
didate. Dismissed  May  17,  1816,  to  Pby.  of  New  York.  Died  Oct. 
2,  1880.     D.D. 

No.  165.  Calvin  Foot.  Received  Nov.  14,  1815,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  17,  1817.     Dismissed  April  17,  1822. 

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No.  166.  "William  Rafiferty.  Received  May  17,  1816,  from  Pby.  of 
Hudson.  Installed  June  25,  1816,  Pastor  of  Woodbury  and  Timber 
Creek.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  April  22,  1819.  Dismissed  April 
19,  1820,  and  "withdrawn  to  Prot.  Epis.  Ch." 

No.  167.  "William  Neill.  Received  Oct.  15,  1816,  from  Pby.  of 
Albany.  Installed  Nov.  7,  1816,  Pastor  of  Sixth  Ch.  Pastoral  re- 
lation dissolved  August  24,  1824.  Dismissed  Nov.  10,  1824,  to  Pby. 
of  Carlisle.  Received  Oct.  19,  1830,  from  Pby.  of  Carlisle.  Trans- 
ferred Nov.  1,  1833,  by  Synod  to  form  Second  Pby.  of  Phila.  Died 
1860.     D.D. 

No.  168.  James  Dunlap.  Received  April  15,  1817,  from  Pby.  of 
Redstone.     Died  Nov.  23,  1818. 

No.  169.  Charles  Hodge.  Received  Oct.  21, 1817,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  Oct.  21,  1819.  Dismissed  .Tune  27,  1820,  to  Pby.  of  New 
Brunswick.  Ordained  Nov.  28,  1821.  Professor  Princeton  Theo- 
logical Seminary.     Died  June  19,  1878.     D.D.,  LL.D. 

No.  170.  Samuel  Cornish.  Received  Oct.  21,  1817,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  Oct.  21,  1819.  Dismissed  March  16,  1822,  to  Pby.  of  New 
York. 

No.  171.  Alexander  Boyd.  Received  April  21,  1818,  from  Pby. 
of  Carlisle.  Installed  May  18,  1818,  Pastor  of  Newtown.  Trans- 
ferred Oct.  31,  1833,  by  Synod  to  form  Second  Pby.  of  Phila. 

No.  172.  John  P.  Grier.  Received  April  21,  1818,  from  Pby.  of 
New  Castle,  with  his  church  at  Reading.     Died  Jan.  26,  1829. 

No.  173.  Francis  G.  Ballantine.  Received  April  21,  1818,  from 
Pbv.  of  Hanover.  Installed  Pastor  of  Deerfield.  Released  June  9, 
1824.     Died  Feb.  17,  1826. 

No.  174.  "William  M.  Engles.  Received  July  14,  1818,  as  a  candi- 
date from  Asso.  Ref.  Pres.,  Phila.  Licensed  Oct.  21, 1818.  Ordained 
July  6,  1820.  Installed  July  6,  1820,  Pastor  of  Seventh  Ch.,  Phila. 
Released  Sept.  4,  1834.     Died  Nov.  27,  1867.     D.D. 

No.  175.  "William  Ashmead.  Received  Oct.  20,  1818,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  20,  1820.  Dismissed  Oct.  17,  1820,  to  Pby. 
of  Northumberland. 

No.  176.  James  Rooker.  Received  Dec.  17,  1818,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  Dec.  17,  1818.  Ordained  June  8,  1819.  Installed  June  8, 
1819,  Pastor  of  Germantown.  Released  April  20,  1826.  Died  Dec. 
1,  1826. 

No.  177.  Benjamin  Ogden.  Received  April  21,  1819,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  20,  1821.  Ordained  June  11, 1721.  Dismissed 
April  15,  1823,  to  Pby.  of  New  Castle.     Died  1852. 

No.  178.  John  W.  Scott.  Received  April  22, 1819,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  20,  1820.  Ordained  Jan.  16,  1824.  Transferred 
May  26,  1832,  to  form  Second  Pby.  of  Phila. 

No.  179.  John  Smith.  Received  June  8, 1819,  from  Pby.  of  Orange. 
Ordained  June  27,  1820.     Installed  June  27,  1820,  Pastor  of  Provi- 

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dence  and  Springfield.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  April  22,  1829. 
Transferred  May '26,  1832,  to  form  Second  Pby.  of  Phila. 

No.  180.  Robert  Steel.  Received  Oct.  19,  1819,  as  a  licentiate 
from  Pby.  of  New  York.  Ordained  Nov.  9,  1819.  Installed  Nov. 
9, 1819,  Pastor  of  Abington.  Transferred  Nov.  1,  1833,  by  Synod  to 
form  Second  Pby.  of  Phila.     Died  Sept.  2,  1862.     D.D. 

No.  181.  Caspar  Schaeffer.  Received  April  20,  1820,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  23,  1824.  Dismissed  April  17,  1827,  to  Classis 
of  Phila. 

No.  182.  Benjamin  F.  Hughes.  Received  April  20,  1820,  as  a 
candidate.  Licensed  Oct.  16,  1822.  Dismissed  Oct.  23,  1823,  to 
Pby.  of  Jersey.  Received  April  20,  1824,  by  return  of  certificate. 
Ordained  May  4,  1824.  Installed  May  4,  1824,  Pastor  of  First 
African  Ch.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  Nov.  18,  1824.  Trans- 
ferred Nov.  1,  1833,  by  Synod  to  form  Second  Pby.  of  Phila. 

No.  183.  Thomas  Jackson.  Received  May  4,  1820,  from  Pby.  of 
New  York.     Withdrawn  to  the  Episcopal  Ch.,  Oct.  26,  1823. 

No.  184.  Moses  T.  Harris.  Received  .June  27,  1820,  as  a  candi- 
date from  Pby.  of  West  Lexington.  Licensed  Oct.  16,  1822.  Dis- 
missed April  17,  1828,  to  Pby.  of  Long  Island.  Ordained  Sept.  29, 
1830.     Died  Sept.  14,  1879. 

No.  185.  Theophilus  Parvin.  Received  .Tune  27,  1820,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  20,  1821.  Ordained  Jan.  6,  1826.  Transferred 
March  3,  1828,  to  form  Pby.  of  Buenos  Ayres.     Died  Dec.  15,  1835. 

No.  186.  Samuel  Swan.  Received  Oct.  18,  1820,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  17,  1823.  Dismissed  Sept.  9,  1823,  to  Pby.  of  Hunt- 
ingdon.    Ordained  June  17,  1824.     Died  Aug.  5,  1877. 

No.  187.  Thomas  Gilfillan  Mclnnis.  Received  Oct.  18, 1820,  from 
the  Relief  Pby.  of  Edinburgh  as  a  foreign  minister  on  probation. 
Dismissed  April  18,  1822,  to  Asso.  Ref.  Pby.  of  Phila. 

No.  188.  John  H.  VanCourt.  Received  April  17,  1821,  as  a  licen- 
tiate from  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick.  Ordained  April  23,  1821.  Dis- 
missed Feb.  21,  1825,  to  Pby.  of  Mississippi.     Died  Aug.  1867. 

No.  189.  Samuel  Lawrence.  Received  April  17,  1821,  as  a  can- 
didate. Licensed  April  17,  1823.  Ordained  Nov.  10,  1824.  In- 
stalled Nov.  10,  1824,  Pastor  of  Greenwich.  Transferred  Oct.  1839, 
to  form  Pby.  of  West  Jersey.     Died  April  30,  1875. 

No.  190.  Samuel  F.  Darrach.  Received  April  20,  1821,  as  a  can- 
didate.    Licensed  Oct.  22,  1823.     Reported  dead  April  19,  1825. 

No.  191.  Samuel  Neilson.  Received  May  11,  1821,  as  a  licentiate 
from  Pby.  of  Belfast. 

No.  192.  Baynard  R.  Hall.  Received  Oct.  16, 1821,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  Oct.  22,  1823.     Dismissed  Nov.  10,  1824,  to  Pby.  of  Salem. 

No.  193.     Samuel  Steel.     Received  Oct.  16,  1821,  as  a  candidate. 

No.  194.  John  Burt.  Received  Oct.  17,  1821,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  17,  1823.     Ordained  June  8,  1824.     Installed  June 

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8,  1824,  Pastor  of  Salem,  N.  J.     Pastoral  relation  dissolved  1829. 

Dismissed  Feb.  22,  1833,  to  Pby.  of  Cincinnati.     Died  March  24, 

1866. 
No.  195.     G-eorge  Potts.     Received  Oct.  17,  1821,  as  a  candidate. 

Licensed  Oct.  16,  1822.     Ordained  Oct.  7,  1823.     Dismissed  Oct.  22, 

1823,  to  Pby.  of  Mississippi.     Died  Sept.  16,  1864.     D.D. 
No.  196.     John  W.  Grier.     Received  April  17,  1822,  as  a  licentiate 

from  Pby.  of  New  Castle.      Ordained  May  25,  1826.      Chaplain, 

U.  S.  N.     Dismissed  April  19,  1838,  to  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick. 

Died  March  18,  1864. 

No.  197.  Garry  Bishop.  Received  April  17,  1822,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  18,  1823.  Dismissed  Sept.  11,  1826,  to  Pby.  of 
Huntingdon. 

No.  198.  Nathan  Harned.  Received  April  18,  1822,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Oct.  16,  1822.  Dismissed  Jan.  17,  1825,  to  Pby.  of 
Erie.  Received  Oct.  20,  1830,  from  Pby.  of  Hartford.  Dismissed 
April  6,  1847,  to  Pby.  of  Louisiana. 

No.  199.  Charles  "W.  Nassau.  Received  April  18,  1822,  as  a  can- 
didate. Licensed  April  23,  1824.  Ordained  Nov.  16,  1825.  In- 
stalled Nov.  16,  1825,  Pastor  of  Norristown,  Norriton,  and  Provi- 
dence. Pastoral  relation  dissolved  Oct.  21,  1828.  Dismissed  Nov. 
1,  1833,  and  set  off  by  Synod  to  form  Second  Pby.  of  Phila.  Died 
Aug.  6,  1868.     D.D. 

No.  200.  James  H.  Stuart.  Received  April  18,  1822,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Oct.  20,  1824.  Ordained  Nov.  14,  1826.  Dismissed 
August  11,  1827,  to  Pby.  of  Huntingdon.     Died  Feb.  27,  1829. 

No.  201.  Jeremiah  Gloucester.  Received  April  18,  1822,  as  a 
candidate.  Licensed  Oct.  22,  1823.  Ordained  July  22,  1824. 
Installed  July  22,  1824,  Pastor  of  Second  African  Ch.  Reported 
dead  April  16,  1828. 

No.  202.  John  Kennedy.  Received  April  18,  1822,  as  a  foreign 
minister  on  probation.  Dismissed  July  22,  1824,  to  Pby.  of  Troy. 
Received  April  16,  1834,  from  Second  Pby.  of  Phila.  Installed  May, 
1834,  Pastor  of  Bridgeton.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  Oct.  17,  1838. 
Dismissed  August  22,  1840,  to  Pby.  of  Louisville. 

No.  203.  William  T.  Hamilton.  Received  Feb.  16,  1822,  as  a 
candidate.  Licensed  Oct.  22,  1823.  Dismissed  July  7,  1824,  to 
Pby.  of  Jersey. 

No.  204.  Joseph  S.  Christmas.  Received  Feb.  16,  1822,  as  a  can- 
didate. Licensed  April  22,  1824.  Dismissed  July  7,  1824,  to  Pby. 
of  New  York.     Ordained  Aug.  1,  1824.     Died  March  14,  1830. 

No.  205.  Charles  Thompson.  Received  Feb.  16,  1822,  as  a  can- 
didate. Licensed  Oct.  20,  1824.  Dismissed  Oct.  18,  1825,  to  Pby. 
of  Susquelianna. 

No.  206.  David  McKinney.  Received  April  15,  1822,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  22,  1824.  Dismissed  Jan.  17,  1825,  to  Pby. 
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of  Erie.  Ordained  April  13,  1825.  Received  Jan.  3,  1853,  from 
Pby.  of  Huntingdon.  Dismissed  Jan.  7,  1856,  to  Pby.  of  Ohio. 
Died  May  28,  1879.     D.D. 

No.  207.  John  McKinney.  Received  April  15,  1822,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  22,  1824.  Dismissed  Oct.  21,  1828,  to  Pby. 
of  Richland.     Ordained  April  14,  1829.     Died  Aug.  25,  1867. 

No.  208.  Edward  D.  Smith.  Received  Oct.  22,  1823,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Oct.  19,  1826.  Dismissed  by  Committee,  1830,  to 
Pby.  of  District  of  Columbia.  Ordained  March  9,  1831.  Died 
March  28,  1883.     D.D. 

No.  209.  John  L.  Grant.  Received  Oct.  22,  1823,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  Oct.  17,  1827.  Ordained  Oct.  21,  1829.  Installed  Nov. 
18,  1829,  Pastor  of  Eleventh  Ch.  Dismissed  May  26,  1832,  and  set 
off  to  form  Second  Pby.  of  Phila.  (Assembly's.  Name  changed  to 
Third  Pby.  of  Phila.  June  9,  1836.)  Deposed  April  11,  1860. 
Restored  April  15,  1857.  Name  removed  from  roll  April  13,  1859. 
Died  July  18,  1874. 

No.  210.  James  C.  Howe.  Received  Oct.  22,  1823,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  Oct.  19,  1825.  Dismissed  August  31,  1826,  to  Pby.  of 
Otsego. 

No.  211.  Alexander  Aikman.  Received  Oct.  22,  1823,  as  a  candi- 
date.    Licensed  Oct.  17,  1827.    Ordained  Oct.  22,  1828.     Died  1831. 

No.  212.  William  Neill.  Received  Oct.  22,  1823,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  May  26,  1826.     Dismissed  by  Committee,  1827. 

No.  213.  Ira  Ingraham.  Received  Oct.  22,  1823,  from  Addison 
Association,  Middiebury.  Dismissed  Oct.  19,  1824,  to  Pby.  of  Lon- 
donderry. 

No.  214.  Charles  Hyde.  Received  Oct.  23,  1823,  as  a  licentiate 
from  Pby.  of  Jersey.  Ordained  Nov.  19,  1823.  Installed  Nov.  19, 
1823,  Pastor  of  Doylestown  and  Deep  Run.  Pastoral  relation 
dissolved  May  11,  1829.  Dismissed  April  20,  1830,  to  New  London 
Cong.  Asso. 

No.  215.  Alvin  H.  Parker.  Received  Nov.  19,  1823,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Oct.  20,  1824.  Ordained  May  25,  1826.  Installed 
July  19, 1826,  Pastor  of  Cape  May.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  Nov. 
18,*1829.  Installed  1833,  Pastor  of  Middletown.  Pastoral  relation 
dissolved  Oct.  18,  1839.     Died  July,  1864. 

No.  216.  Alexander  Heberton.  Received  Jan.  6,  1824,  as  a  can- 
didate. Licensed  Oct.  19,  1826.  Dismissed  Oct.  16,  1827,  to  Pbv. 
of  Newton.  Ordained  Nov.  27,  1827.  Received  Dec.  15,  1834, 
from  Pby.  of  Susquehanna.  Installed  Dec.  15,  1834,  Pastor  of 
Salem.  Dismissed  Oct.  21,  1839,  to  Pby.  of  West  Jersey.  Received 
May  5,  1858,  from  Pby.  of  Northumberland.  Installed  May  13, 
1858,  Pastor  of  Ridley  Ch.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  Oct.  31, 
1865.  H.R. 
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No.  217.  John  McGofSn.  Received  Jan.  6,  1824,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  .Jan.  fJ,  1824.     Resigned  his  license  April  18,  1825. 

No.  218.     John  Morgan.     Received  April  20,  1824,  as  a  candidate. 

No.  219.  Theophilus  Potts.  Received  April  20,  1824,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Oct.  23,  lb28.  Dismissed  April  15,  1834,  to  Second 
Pbj.  of  Phila. 

No.  220.  Truman  Osborne.  Dismissed  April  15,  1828,  to  Pby.  of 
Baltimore.     Died  Jaly,  1852. 

No.  221.  Elijah  W.  Stoddard.  Received  April  20,  1824,  as  a  can- 
didate.    Dismissed  April  19,  1825,  to  any  Eastern  Association. 

No.  222.  Brogan  Hoff.  Received  May  4,  1824,  from  Classis  of 
Phila.  Installed  June  9,  1824,  Pastor  of  Bridgeton.  Pastoral  rela- 
tion dissolved  April  17,  1833.  Dismissed  Oct.  16,  1833,  to  Pby.  of 
Newton. 

No.  223.  Joseph  H.  Jones.  Received  June  8,  1824,  from  Susque- 
hanna Pby.  Dismissed  April  21-,  1825,  to  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick. 
Received  June  6,  1838,  from  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick.  Installed 
June  6,  1838,  Pastor  of  Sixth  Ch.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  May 
25, 18(51.     Died  Dec.  22,  1868.     D.D. 

No.  224.  "William  S.  Potts,  Received  July  13,  1824,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Oct.  17,  1827.  Dismissed  Sept.  16,  1828,  to  Pby. 
of  Missouri.     Ordained  Oct.  26,  1828.     Died  March  2b,  1852.    D.D. 

No.  225.  William  F.  Curry.  Received  July  22,  1824,  from  Pby. 
of  New  York,  as  a  licentiate.  Dismissed  Feb.  21,  1825,  to  Pby.  of 
Geneva.     Ordained  July  14,  1825.     Died  May  16,  1861. 

No.  226.  Thomas  L.  Jane-way.  Received  Oct.  20,  1824,  as  a  can- 
didate. Licensed  Oct.  17,  1827.  Dismissed  by  Committee,  1829,  to 
Pbv.  of  Elizabethtown.  Ordained  Nov.  3,  1829.  Received  Dec.  3, 
1840,  frofh  Pby.  of  Elizabethtown.  Installed  Dec.  8,  1840,  Pastor 
of  First  Ch.,  Penn  Township.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  March  6, 
1854.  Dismisst'd  July  2,  1855,  to  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick.  Received 
Nov.  10,  1874,  to  Pby.  Phila.  Central.     D.D. 

No.  227.  John  McCluskey.  Received  Oct.  19,  1824,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Oct.  19.  1826.  Dismissed  June  17, 1828.  to  Pby.  of 
Washington.  Ordained  Oct.  8,  1828.  Transferred  to  Pby.  Phila. 
Central  June  23,  1870.     Died  March  31,  1880.     D.D. 

No.  228.  Thomas  W.  Irvine.  Received  Oct.  20,  1824,  as  a  candi- 
date.    Died  in  Piineeton  Theological  Seminary,  Feb.  1826. 

No.  229.  George  Printz.  Received  Oct.  20,  1824,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  17,  1828.  Dismissed  Oct.  19,  1830,  to  Pby.  of  Sus- 
quehanna.    Ordained  June  29,  1831.     Died  April  6,  1880. 

No.  230.  Henry  Aurand.  Received  Oct.  20,  1824,  as  a  candidate. 
Dismissed  April  17,  1632,  to  Gen.  Ref.  Syn.  of  Penna.  Ordained 
1833.     Died  Oct.  8, 1876. 

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No.  231.  James  F.  Irvine.  Received  Oct.  21,  1824,  from  Pby.  of 
Root,  Synod  ut  Lister.  Dismissed  April  16,  1828,  to  Pby.  of  Hunt- 
ingdon. Received  April  4,  1848,  as  foreign  minister  on  probation. 
Name  dropped  April  25,  184i). 

No.  232.  William  L.  McCalla.  Received  April  19,  1825,  from 
Pby.  of  Ebenezer.  Installed  i\lay  12,  1825,  Pastor  of  Eighth  Ch., 
Phila.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  April  22,  1835.  Installed 
April  20,  183(3,  Pastor  of  Fourth  Ch.,  Phila.,  .Jan.  11,  1839,  Pas- 
tor of  Assembly  Ch.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  Sept.  27,  1839. 
Installed  Mar.  24,  1842,  Pastor  of  Assembly  Ch.,  Southwark.  Pas- 
toral relation  dissolved  .June  27,  1843.  Dismissed  April  4,  1848,  to 
Pby.  of  Carlisle.  Received  March  11,  1850,  from  Pby.  Carlisle. 
Installed  April  16,  1850,  Pastor  of  Union  Ch.  Pastoral  relation 
dissolved  May  3,  1854.  Dismissed  May  3,  1854,  to  Pby.  of  St.  Louis. 
Died  Oct.  12,  1859. 

No.  233.  George  Howe.  Received  April  20, 1825,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  May  13,  1825.  Dismissed  April  18,  1827,  to  Orange  Asso. 
N.  H. 

No.  234.  Britton  E.  Collins.  Received  April  20,  1825,  as  a  candi- 
date.    Liieiised  April  17,  lc528.     Dismissed  1829. 

No.  235.  James  B.  M'Creary.  Received  April  20,  1825,  as  a  can- 
didate. Licensed  April  17,  1828.  Dismissed  1830,  to  Pby.  of 
Northumberland.     Ordained  Nov.  8,  1838. 

No.  236.  John  H.  Kennedy.  Received  Nov.  15,  1825,  as  a  licen- 
tiate from  Pby.  of  Carlisle.  Ordained  Nov.  15,  1825.  Installed 
Nov.  15,  1825,  Pastor  of  Sixth  Ch.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  Dec. 
17,  1829.  Dismissed  Oct.  19,  1830,  to  Pby.  of  Ohio.  Died  Dec.  15, 
1840. 

No.  237.  James  Smith.  Received  Oct.  19,  1825,  as, a  licentiate 
from  Pby.  uf  Carlisle.  Ordained  Nov.  15,  1825.  Installed  Nov.  15, 
1825,  Pastor  of  Second  Ch.,  Northern  Liberties.  Pastoral  relation 
dissolved  1833.  June,  1870,  name  dropped  from  the  roll  at  the 
reunion.     Died  Dec.  3,  1882. 

No.  238.  James  D.  Pickands.  Received  Oct.  19,  1825,  as  a  can- 
didate. Licensed  Oct.  23,  1828.  Dismissed  by  Committee.  Or- 
dained Aug.  31,  1830,  by  Pby  of  Watertown.     Died  Aug.  6,  1876. 

No.  239.  "William  P.  Alricks.  Received  Oct.  19,  1825,  as  a  can- 
didate. Licensed  April  17,  1828.  Dismissed  April  21, 1829,  to  Pby. 
of  New  Castle.     Ordained  1831.     Died  Dec.  31,  1869. 

No.  240.  Samuel  Schaffer.  Received  Oct.  19,  1825,  as  a  candi- 
date.    Withdrew  April  16,  1828. 

No.  241.  Alex.  McFarlane.  Received  April  18,  1826,  as  a  licen- 
tiate from  Pby.  of  Albany.  Ordained  April  27,  1826.  Installed 
April  27, 1826,  Pastor  of  Deerfield.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  April 
21,  1830.     Dismissed  Oct.  19,  1830,  to  Pby.  of  Carlisle. 

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No.  242.  Sylvester  Scovil.  Received  Oct.  17, 1826,  from  Pby.  of 
Albany.  Ordained  Aug.  9,  1825.  Dismissed  April  20,  1830,  to 
Pby.  of  Ohio.     Died  July  4,  1849.     D.D. 

No.  243.  John  McArthur.  Received  Oct.  17, 182H,  as  a  candidate. 
Dismissed  August  11,  1827,  to  Pby.  of  Hartford,  Ohio. 

No.  244.  Robert  Adair.  Received  Oct.  17,  1826,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  Oct.  23,  1828.  Dismissed  by  Committee,  Oct.  24,  1829,  to 
Pby.  of  New  Castle.  Ordained  Nov.  19,  1829.  Received  June, 
1870,  at  the  reunion  from  Fourth  Pby.  of  Phila.  Installed  May 
14,  1871,  Pastor  of  Tabor  Ch.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  Oct.  31, 
1880.     Pastor  Emeritus. 

No.  245.  Lindley  C.  Rutter.  Received  Oct.  19,  1826,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  22,  1830.  Dismissed  Oct.  22,  1830,  to  Pby. 
of  Chillicothe.     Ordained  April  6,  1831.     Died  March  5,  1882. 

No.  246.  George  W.  Musgrave.  Received  Oct.  19,  1826,  as  a 
candidate.  Dismissed  Oct.  21,  1828,  to  Pby.  of  Baltimore.  Or- 
dained July  25,  1830.  Received  July  3,  1854,  from  Pby.  of  Balti- 
more. Dismissed  Feb.  27,  3  861,  to  Central  Pby.  of  Phila.,  pro 
forma.  Installed  Jan.  11,  1863,  Pastor  of  Penn  Ch.  Released  Oct. 
12,  1868.  Transferred  June,  1870,  to  Phila.  Central  Pby.  at  the 
reunion.     Died  Aug.  24,  1882.     D.D.,  LL.D. 

No.  247.  John  Gloucester.  Received  April  17,  1827,  as  a  candi- 
date.    Licensed  Oct.  23,  1828.     Reported  dead  April  17,  1832. 

No.  248.  Alfred  H.  Dashiel.  Received  April  19,  1827,  from  Epis. 
Church.     Licensed  April  19,  1827.     Ordained  Oct.  17,  1827. 

No.  249.  Charles  Williamson.  Received  Oct.  16,  1827,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  22,  1829.  Ordained  Jan.  14,  1830.  Installed 
Jan.  14,  1830,  Pastor  of  Woodbury  and  Blackwoodtown.  Pastoral 
relation  dissolved  Oct.  26, 1836.  Dismissed  Dec.  13, 1836,  to  Second 
Pby.  of  Phila.  Received  June  13,  1839,  from  Second  Pby.  of  Phila. 
Installed  June  13,  1839,  Pastor  of  Thirteenth  Ch.  Pastoral  rela- 
tion dissolved  Oct.  26,  1843.  Dismissed  April  2,  1844,  to  Pby.  of 
Northumberland. 

No.  250.  John  Clark.  Received  Oct.  16,  1827,  as  a  candidate.  By 
his  request  name  dropped  from  the  roll  Oct.  19,  1830. 

No.  251.  Tobias  Epstein.  Received  Oct.  16,  1827,  as  a  candidate. 
Died  in  Princeton  Seminary,  May  30,  1828. 

No.  252.  William  Ramsey.  Received  April  15,  1828,  from  Pby.  of 
Huntingdon.  Ordained  Oct.  10,  1827,  by  Pby.  of  Huntingdon. 
Withdrew  April  23,  1840,  to  Third  Pby.  S.  S.  Cedar  Street 
Church.  Transferred  to  Fourth  Pby.  Oct.  23,  1845.  Installed 
April  16,  1854,  Cedar  Street  Church.  Transferred  Oct.  1855,  to 
Third  Pby.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  Oct.  20,  1857.  Died  Jan. 
26,  1858. 

No.  253.  John  R.  Hutchinson.  Received  April  15,  1828,  as  a 
candidate.     Licensed  April  22,  1829.      Dismissed  1829   to  Pby.  of 

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Mississippi.     Ordained  July,   1830,  by  Pby.  of  Mississippi.     Died 
Feb.  24,  1868.     D.D. 

No.  254.  Jacob  D.  Mitchell.  Received  April  15,  1828,  as  a  can- 
didate. Dismissed  lb2[^  to  Pby.  of  Albany.  Ordained  Nov.  17, 
1829,  by  Pby.  of  Oneida.     Died  June  28,  1877.     D.D. 

No.  255.  Hugh  Hamill.  Received  April  15,  1828,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  22, 1880.  Dismissed  Oct.  16,  1832,  to  Pby.  of  Buflfalo. 
Ordained  Oct.  31,  1832.     Died  Aug.  1,  1881.     D.D. 

No.  256.  James  C.  Watson.  Received  April  15,  1828,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  22,  1830.  Dismissed  July  17,  1832,  to  Pby. 
of  Carlisle.     Ordained  Oct.  4,  1832.     Died  Aug.  30,  1880.     D.D. 

No.  257.  George  W.  Kennedy.  Received  April  15,  1828,  as  a 
candidate.  Licensed  Oct.  21,  1829.  Dismissed  April  20,  1831,  to 
Pby.  of  Baltimore.  Ordained  July  21,  1821.  Died  April  4,  1887. 
D.D. 

No.  258.  Samuel  M.  McClung.  Received  April  15,  1828,  as  a  can- 
didate. Licensed  April  23,  1835.  Ordained  April  20,  1836.  Dis- 
missed April  18,  1837,  to  Pby.  of  Blairsville.     Died  August  6,  1869. 

No.  259.  Robert  Dunlap.  Received  April  16,  1828,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Oct.  20,  1830.  Dismissed  1830.  Ordained  1831 
t)y  Pby.  of  Northumberland.  Died  March  21,  1847. 
No.  260.  Cochran  Forbes.  Received  April  16,  1828,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  21,  1831.  Ordained  Oct.  27, 1831.  Missionary 
to  Hawaiian  Islands  1833-1847.  Dismissed  Oct.  3,  1848,  to  Pby.  of 
Blairsville.  Received  June,  1870,  at  the  reunion.  Dismissed 
April  1,  1873,  to  Phila-.  Central  Pby.     Died  Nov.  5,  1880. 

No.  261.  Thomas  Eustace.  Received  May  20,  1828,  from  Pby. 
of  Baltimore.  Installed  April  26,  1831,  Pastor  of  Twelfth  Church, 
Phila.  Transferred  May  26,  1832,  to  form  Second  Pby.  of  Phila. 
(Assembly's.)  PastoraLrelation  dissolvedMuly  7,  1835.  Dismissed 
April  16,  1840,  to  Pby.  of  St.  Charles. 

No.  262.  Samuel  R.  Bertron.  Received  Oct.  21,  1828,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Oct.  20,  1830.  Ordained  April  22,  1831.  Trans- 
ferred May  26,  1832,  to  form  Second  Pby.  of  Phila.  (Assembly's. 
Name  changed  to  Fourth  Pby.  June  9,  1836.)  Dismissed  Oct.  22. 
1844,  to  Pby.  of  Miss. 

No.  263.  Joseph  Sanford.  Received  Jan.  21,  1829,  from  Pby.  of 
New  York.  Installed  Jan.  21,  1829,  Pastor  of  Second  Ch.,  Phila. 
Died  Dec.  25,  1831. 
No.  264.  Nicholas  Murray.  Received  April  21,  1829,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  22,  1829.  Dismissed  1830  by  Committee  to 
Pbv.  of  Susquehanna.  Ordained  Nov.  4,  1829.  Died  February  4, 
1861.  D.D. 
No.  265.  Molliston  Clark.  Received  April  22,  1829,  as  a  candi- 
date. 

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No.  266.  Charles  Hoover.  Received  May  11,  1829,  from  Pby.  of 
Newark.  Installed  Oct.  25,  1829,  Pastor  of  First  Ch.,  Southwark. 
Released  Jan.  16,  1832.  Dismissed  Jan.  16,  1832,  to  Pbj.  of  Eliza- 
bethtown. 

No.  267.  Charles  W.  Gardiner.  Received  May  11,  1829,  from 
M.  Epis.  Ch.  as  a  candidate.  Licensed  May  11,  1829.  Dismissed 
April  21,  1830,  as  a  licentiate  to  Meth.  Epis.  Ch.  Received  April 
20,  1836,  from  M.  Epis.  Ch.  Installed  July  3,  1836,  Pastor  of  First 
African  Ch.  Released  Jan.  25,  1848.  Dismissed  July  4,  1848,  to 
Pby.  of  New  Brunswick. 

No.  268.  Robert  H.  Smith.  Received  Oct.  20,  1829,  as  a  candi- 
date.    Licensed  Nov.  18,  1829.     Died  August  10,  1858. 

No.  269.  "William  Bacon.  Received  Oct.  21,  1829,  from  Pby.  of 
Albany.  Transferred  May  26,  1832,  to  form  Second  Pby.  of  Phila. 
(Assembly's.  Name  changed  to  Third  Pby.  June  9,  1836.  Dis- 
missed May  8,  1837,  to  Pby.  of  Troy. 

No.  270.  John  Monteith.  Received  Oct.  21,  1829,  from  Pby.  of 
Oneida.  Ordained  May  12,  1817.  Dismissed  Oct.  19,  1830,  to  Pby. 
of  Troy.     Died  April  5,  1868. 

No.  271.  James  Nourse.  Received  Nov.  18,  1829,  from  Pby.  of 
District  of  Columbia.  Dismissed  April  21,  1831,  to  Pby.  of  Hunt- 
ingdon.    Ordained  May  19,  1829.     Died  July  6,  1854. 

No.  272.  George  McCuen.  Received  Nov.  18,  1829,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  22,  1830.  Ordained  Oct.  22,  1830.  Installed 
Nov.  9,  1831,  Pastor  of  Deerfield.  Released  Oct.  20,  1836.  Dis- 
missed Sept.  7,  1839,  to  Pby.  of  Orange. 

No.  273.  Thomas  McAuley.  Received  Dec.  17,  1829,  from  Pby. 
of  New  York.  Installed  Dec.  17,  1829,  Pastor  of  Tenth  Ch.,  Phila. 
Transferred  May  26,  1832,  to  form  Second  Pby.  of  Phila.  (Assem 
bly's.)  Released  Jan.  15,  1833,  and  dismissed  to  Pby.  of  New 
York.     D.D. 

No.  274.  Joshua  T.  Russell.  Received  April  20,  1830,  from  Pby. 
of  Newark.     Dismissed  Oct.  16,  1833,  to  Pby.  of  Cincinnati. 

No.  275.  Robert  Young.  Received  April  20,  1830,  as  a  foreign 
probationer  from  Pby.  of  Hamilton,  Scotland.  Dismissed  Oct.  19, 
1830,  to  Pby.  of  Richland. 

No.  276.  "Wheelock  S.  Stone.  Received  April  20,  1830,  as  a 
candidate.  Licensed  April  21,  1831.  Dismissed  July  17,  1831,  to 
Pby.  of  Northumberland.     Died  Sept.  22,  1837. 

No.  277.  John  McNair.  Received  April  20,  1830,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  Oct.  21,  1831.  Dismissed  Oct.  16,  1833,  to  Pby.  of  Erie. 
Ordained  Nov.  7,  1833.     Died  Jan.  27,  1867.     D.D. 

No.  278.  James  P.  Wilson,  Jr.  Received  April  20,  1830,  as  a 
candidate.  Licensed  Oct.  20,  1830.  Transferred  Oct.  1833,  to  care 
of  Second  Pby.  of  Phila.     (Sy nodical.) 

No.  279.  Albert  Judson.  Received  April  21,  1830,  from  Pby.  of 
New  York.     Transferred  May  26,   1832,    to  form  Second  Pby.  of 

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Phila.  (Assembly's.  Name  changed  to  Tliird  Pby.  June  9,  1836.) 
Installed  Nov.  1832,  Pastor  of  Soutliwark  First  Church.  Died 
April  14,  1839. 

No.  280.  Samuel  G.  "Winchester.  Received  May  4,  1830,  from 
Pby.  of  Baltimore.  Ordained  May  4, 1830.  Installed  May  4,  1830, 
Pastor  of  Sixth  Ch.,  Phila.  Released  JuRe  23,  1837.  Dismissed 
Nov.  1,  1837,  to  Pby.  of  Mississippi.     Died  Aug.  31,  1841. 

No.  281.  Asa  S.  Colton.  Received  May  4,  1830,  as  a  candidate 
from  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick.  Licensed  Oct.  20,  1830.  Reported 
as  withdrawn  to  the  Episcopal  Ch.,  April  19,  1833.  Died  Aug.  19, 
1881. 

No.  282.  Albert  Barnes.  Received  June  23,  1830,  from  Pby.  of 
Elizabethtown.  Ordained  Feb.  8,  1825.  Installed  June  25,  1830, 
Pastor  of  First  Ch.,  Phila.  Transferred  May  26,  1832,  to  form  Sec- 
ond Pby.  of  Phila.  (Assembly's.  Name  changed  to  Third  Pby. 
of  Phila.  June  9,  1836.)  Set  off  with  First  Church  to  Fourth  Pby. 
of  Phila.  Oct.  23,  1845.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  Dec.  24,  1867. 
Pastor  Emeritus  1867-70.  Received  June,  1870,  at  the  reunion, 
from  Fourth  Pby.  of  Phila.     Died  Dec.  24,  1870. 

No.  283.  George  Junkin.  Received  Oct.  19,  1830,  from  Pby.  of 
Northumberland.  Dismissed  Nov.  1, 1833,  to  Second  Pby.  of  Phila. 
Synodical.  Received  May  25,  1861,  from  Pby.  of  Lexington.  Died 
May  20,  1868.     D.D. 

No.  284.  Henry  Hotchkiss.  Received  Oct.  19,  1830,  from  Pby.  of 
Oneida.     Reported  dead  April  17,  1832. 

No.  285.  Robert  H.  Lilly.  Received  Oct.  19,  1830,  from  Pby.  of 
Ebenezer.  Licensed  Oct.  21,  1831.  Dismissed  Oct.  16,  1832,  to 
Pby.  of  West  Tennessee.  Ordained  April,  1833.  Died  Jan.  14, 
1874. 

No.  286.  James  Read  Eckard.  Received  Oct.  19,  1830,  as  a  can- 
didate. Dismissed  Oct.  16,  1832,  to  Second  Pby.  of  Phila.  (As- 
sembly's.)    Ordained  July  21,  1833.  •    Died  March  12,  1887.     D.D. 

No.  287.  George  H.  Apthorp.  Received  Oct.  19,  1830,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  20,  1832.  Dismissed  April  19, 1833,  to  Pby. 
of  East  Hanover.     Ordained  Jan.  16,  1832.     Died  June  8,  1844. 

No.  288.  James  Stratton.  Received  Oct.  19, 1830,  as  a  candidate. 
Dismissed  Oct.  16,  1833,  to  Pby.  of  West  Hanover.  Ordained  April, 
1836.    Died  Dec.  6,  1884. 

No.  289.  James  Temple.  Received  Oct.  22,  1830,  as  a  candidate. 
Withdrew  April  22,  1835. 

No.  290.  Moses  Williamson.  Received  April  20,  1831,  as  a  licen- 
tiate from  Pby.  of  Carlisle.  Ordained  July  6,  1831.  Installed  July 
6,  1831,  Pastor  of  Cape  May.  Transferred  Oct.  21,  1839,  to  form 
Pby.  of  West  Jersey.     Died  Oct.  30,  1880. 

No.  291.  Robert  G.  Thompson.  Received  April  21,  1831,  as  a 
candidate.  Licensed  April  19,  1833.  Ordained  Oct.  17,  1833.  Died 
March  19,  1879. 

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No.  292.  Jacob  Larzalere.  Received  April  22,  1831,  from  Classis 
of  Phila.     Died  August,  1834. 

No.  293.  Silas  M.  Andrews.  Received  Oct.  20,  1831,  as  a  licen- 
tiate from  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick.  Ordained  Nov.  16,  1831.  In- 
stalled Nov.  16,  1831,  Pastor  of  Doylestown  and  Doe  Run.  Trans- 
ferred Nov.  1,  1833,  to  form  Second  Pby.  of  Phila.  (Synodical.) 
Died  March  7,  1881.     D.D. 

No.  294.  "William  J.  Gibson.  Received  Oct.  20,  1831,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Oct.  20,  1831.  Ordained  Feb.  7,  1832.  Installed 
Feb.  7, 1832,  Pastor  of  Ninth  Ch.,  Phila.  Transferred  May  1,  1833, 
to  form  Second  Pby.  of  Phila.  (Synodical.)  Received  July  6,  1841, 
from  Pby.  of  Huntingdon.  Installed  .July  12, 1841,  Pastor  of  Union 
Ch.  Released  June  28,  1842.  Dismissed  June  28,  1842,  to  Pby.  of 
Huntingdon.     Died  1833.     D.D. 

No.  295.  James  McEwen.  Received  Oct.  20,  1831,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  Oct.  17,  1833.  Ordained  April  24,  1835.  Dismissed  Oct. 
21,  1835,  to  Asso.  Ref.  Pby.  of  New  York.     Died  March  11,  1845. 

No.  296.  Joshua  Moore.  Received  Oct.  21,  1831,  from  Pby.  of 
Lewes.  Dismissed  April  23,  1835,  to  Pby.  of  Huntingdon.  Died 
April  15,  1854. 

No.  297.  John  H.  Simms.  Received  Nov.  16,  1831,  from  Ref. 
Pby.  of  Phila.  Installed  Nov.  29,  1832,  Pastor  of  Fairmount  Ch. 
Released  Oct.  17,  1833.  Dismissed  Oct.  17,  1833,  to  Pby.  of  New- 
Castle. 

No.  298.  David  X.  Junkin.  Received  April  17,  1832,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Oct.  17,  1833.  Transferred  April  17, 1834,  to  Second 
Pby.  of  Phila.  Ordained  March  25,  1835.  Died  April  22,  1880. 
D.D. 

No.  299.  Hugh  M.  Koontz.  Received  July  17,  1832,  from  Pby.  of 
Hudson.  Installed  July  17,  1832,  Pastor  of  Penn  Township.  Re- 
leased July  30,  1833.  Transferred  Nov.  1,  1833,  to  form  Second 
Pby.  of  Phila.     (Synodical.) 

No.  300.  John  T.  M.  Davie.  Received  Aug.  28,  1832,  from  Pby.  of 
New  York.  Installed  Aug.  28,  1832,  Pastor  of  Frankford.  Trans- 
ferred Nov.  1,  1833,  to  form  Second  Pby.  of  Phila.     (Synodical.) 

No.  301.  John  B.  Pinney.  Received  Oct.  12,  1832,  as  a  licentiate 
from  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick.  Ordained  Oct.  12,  1832.  Dismissed 
April  18,  1838,  to  Pby.  of  Ohio.  Received  Oct.  4,  1843,  from  Pby. 
of  Ohio.  Dismissed  Jan.  5,  1847,  to  Pby.  of  Washington.  Died 
Dec.  25,  1882. 

No.  302.     Joseph  W.  Barr.     Received  Oct.  12,  1832,  as  a  licentiate 

from  Pby.  ot  New  Brunswick.     Ordained  Oct.  12, 1832.     Died  Nov. 

13,  1832. 
No.  303.     John  D.  Matthews.     Received  April  16,  1833,  from  Pby. 

of  Georgia.     Ordained  Jan.  1832.     Dismissed  Oct.  16,  1833,  to  Pby. 

of  Winchester.     Died  March  7,  1884.     D.D. 

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No.  304.    James  M.  Dunn.    Received  April  16,  1833,  as  a  candidate. 

Reported  dea<l  April  21,  183G. 
No.  305.     ■William  Patterson.     Received  April  17,  1833,  as  a  can- 
didate.    Dismissed  Dec.  8,  1835,  to  Pby.  of  Bedford. 
No.  30G.     James  Clark.     Received  April  17,  1833,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  10,  1834.     Dismissed  Sept.  21,  1837,  to  Pby.  of  New 
Brunswick.     Ordained  Nov.  8,  1837.     Received  from  Pby.  of  North- 
umberland May  6,  1861,  to  Central  Pby.,  June,  1870,  Pby.  Phila- 
delphia Central.     D.D. 
No.  307.     John  Newton  Allen.      Received  April  17,  1833,  as  a 

candidate.     Licensed  Aug.  5,  1834.     Died  Dec.  30,  1835. 
No.  308.     John  McDowell.     Received  June  6,  1833,  from  Pby.  of 
Elizabethtown.     Ordained  Dec.  26,   1804,  Pby.  of  New  York.     In- 
stalled June  6,  1833,  Pastor  of  Central  Ch.,  Phila.    Transferred  Oct. 
1833,  to  Second  Pby.  of  Phila.    Synodical.    Received  Nov.  26,  1839, 
from  Second  Pby.  witli  his  church  (Central  Ch.).      Released  Nov. 
20,    1845.     Installed  Feb.  3,   1846,    Pastor  of  Spring  Garden  Ch. 
Died  Feb.  13,  1863.     D.D. 
No.  309.     Benjamin  Tyler.     Received  Oct.  16,  1833,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  Oct.  21,  1835.     Ordained  Oct.  18,  1837.     Installed  Oct.  18, 
1837,  Pastor  of  Deerfield.     Transferred  Oct.  21,  1839,  to  form  Pby. 
of  West  Jersey.     Died  June  26,  1842. 
No.  310.     Arthur  B.  Bradford.    Received  Oct.  16, 1833,  as  a  candi- 
date.   Licensed  April  16,  1834.    Ordained  Sept.  18,  1834.     Installed 
Sept.  18,  1834,  Pastor  of  Second  Ch,,  Southwark.      Released  Feb. 
11,  1835.     Dismissed  April  19,  1836,  to  Pby.  of  Newton. 
No.  311.     William  W.  Latta.     Received  April  16,  1834,  as  a  can- 
didate.   Licensed  April  23,  1835.    Dismissed  April  18,  1837,  to  Pby. 
of  New  Castle.     Received  June,  1870,  at  the  reunion,  from  Pby.  of 
Donegal.     Died  Sept.  5,  1883. 
No.  312.     Moses  Floyd.     Received  April  16,  1834,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  23,  1835.     Dismissed  Oct.  26,  1836,  to  Pby.  of  Hunt- 
ingdon.    Ordained  April  4,  1837. 
No.  313.     Thomas  A.  Ammerman.     Received  Oct.  22,  1834,  from 

Classis  of  Albany.     Dismissed  April  22,  1835,  to  Classis  of  Ulster. 
No.  314.      Leslie   Irwin.      Received   Oct.   22,  1834,  from    Pby.  of 

Monaghan,  Ireland.  Dismissed  Oct.  26,  1835,  to  Pby.  of  Newton. 
No.  315.  Samuel  D.  Blythe.  Received  Feb.  11,  1835,  from  Pby. 
of  Madison.  Installed  Feb.  16,  1835,  Pastor  of  Seventh  Ch.  Re- 
leased June  23,  1837.  Installed  Aug.  20,  1838,  Pastor  of  Woodbury 
and  Blackwoodtown.  Transferred  Oct.  21,  1839,  to  form  Pres.  of 
West  Jersey.  Died  June  23,  1843. 
No.  316.  VTilliam  R.  Preston.  Received  April  22,  1835,  as  a 
candidate.  Licensed  April  20,  1836.  Dismissed  April  18,  1838,  to 
Pby.  of  Transylvania. 

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No.  317.  Edwin  H.  Nevin.  Received  April  22,  1835,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Oct.  20,  1836.  Dismissed  June  20,  1837,  to  Pby.  of 
Athens.  Ordained  June  25,  1839.  Received  to  Pby.  Phila.  Central 
June  22,  1876,  from  Phila.  Classis  Germ.  Ref.  Ch.     D.D. 

No.  318.  John  Lysle.  Received  April  24,  1835,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  Oct.  21,  1835.  Dismissed  Dec.  21,  1837,  to  Pby.  of  Muhl- 
en burgh. 

No.  319.  David  D.  McKee.  Received  April  24, 1835,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Oct.  21,  1835.  Ordained  Aug.  4,  1836.  Installed 
Aug.  4,  1836,  Col.  Pastor  of  Fairfield.  Released  Oct.  22,  1838. 
Dismissed  March  4, 1841,  to  Pby.  of  Sangammon.    Died  Jan.  17, 1884. 

No.  320.  Alexander  Maclin.  Received  Oct.  21, 1835,  from  Pby.  of 
Newton.  Installed  Oct.  26,  1835,  Pastor  of  Eighth  Ch.  Died  July 
6,1859.     D.D. 

No.  321.  Jared  L.  Elliott.  Received  Oct.  26,  1835,  from  Pby.  of 
New  York.  Ordained  Oct.  26,  1835.  Chaplain  U.  S.  A.  Died 
April  16,  1881. 

No.  322.  Thomas  Hoge.  Received,  April  19,  1836,  from  Pby.  of 
Washington.     Died  Jan.  23,  1847. 

No.  323.  James  O.  Stedman.  Received  April  19,  1836,  from  Pby. 
of  Fayetteville.  Licensed  April  20,  1836.  Dismissed  April  18,  1837, 
to  Pby.  of  New  Castle.  Ordained  Nov.  1, 1837.  Died  Nov.  3,  1882. 
D.D. 

No.  324.  Robert  D.  Morris.  Received  April  19,  1836,  from  Pby. 
of  Ebenezer.  Licensed  April  19,  1838.  Dismissed  Oct.  16,  1838,  to 
Second  Pby.  of  Phila.  Ordained  Oct.  23,  1838.  Died  Nov.  3,  1882. 
D.D. 

No.  325.  Rapin  E.  Smith.  Received  April  20, 1836,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  19,  1837.     License  withdrawn. 

No.  326.  Richard  A.  Curran.  Received  April  20,  1836,  as  a  can- 
didate. Licensed  April  19,  1837.  Transferred  Oct.  21,  1839,  to 
Pby.  of  West  Jersey  by  Synod,  Ordained  Nov.  1839.  Died  March 
26,  1883. 

No.  327.  Robert  "W.  Dunlap.  Received  April  20,  1836,  as  a  can- 
didate. Licensed  April  19,  Ls37.  Dismissed  March  8,  1838,  to  Pby. 
of  Georgia.     Ordained  April  6,  1838.     Died  Feb.  17,  1856. 

No.  328.  Charles  W.  Gardiner.  Received  April  20,  1836,  from 
M.  Epis.  Ch.  Installed  July  3,  1836,  Pastor  of  First  African  Ch. 
Released  Jan.  25,  1848.  Dismissed  July  4,  1848,  to  Pby.  of  New 
Brunswick. 

No.  329.  Daniel  Stratton.  Received  June  22, 1836,  as  a  candidate. 
Dismissed  Dec.  13,  1836,  to  Pby.  of  West  Hanover.  Ordained  May 
5,  1838.  Died  Aug.  24,  1866. 
No.  330.  Robert  Osborne.  Received  Oct.  18,  1 836,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  17,  1^39.  Dismissed  Oct.  21,  1839,  to  Pby.  of  West 
Jersey.     Ordained  April  10,  1841.     Died  July  13,  1878. 

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No.  3:51.  Ephraim  Fitler.  Received  Oct.  19,  1836,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  Oct.  19, 1836.  Dismissed  Jan.  23, 1849,  to  Pby.  of  Western 
Africa. 

No.  332.  Solomon  F.  Halliday.  Received  .June  27,  1837,  from 
Pby.  of  Long  Island.     Dismissed  Feb.  18,  1840,  to  Pby.  of  Georgia. 

No.  333.  Henry  A.  Boardman.  Received  June  27,  1837,  from 
Second  Pby.  of  PhiLa.  (Assembly's),  by  order  of  Gen.  Assembly, 
with  Tenth  Ch.  Ordained  Nov.' 8,  1833,  by  Second  Pby.  of  Phila. 
(Assembly's).  Installed  Nov.  8,  1833,  Pastor  of  Tenth  Ch.  Re- 
leased May  25,  1876,  Pastor  Emeritus.     Died  June  15,  1880.     D.D. 

No.  334.  David  Teese.  Received  Oct.  18,  1837,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  23,  1840.  Dismissed  March  24,  1842,  to  Pby.  of 
Bedford.     Ordained  May  4,  1842. 

No.  335.  Levi  Janvier.  Received  Oct.  18,  1837,  as  a  candidate. 
Transferred  Oct.  21,  1839,  by  Synod  to  Pby.  of  West  Jersey. 
Ordained  Dec.  31,  1840.     Died  March  25,  1864. 

No.  336.  John  B.  McCoy.  Received  Nov.  20,  1837,  from  Pby.  of 
Washington.  Licensed  April  19,  1838.  Dismissed  Dec.  18,  1838, 
to  Pby.  of  Washington.  Ordained  June  26,  1839.  Died  Oct.  13, 
1841. 

No.  337.  Thomas  Grier.  Received  April  18,  1838,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  Oct.  16, 1839.  Dismissed  April  21, 1841,  to  Pby.  of  Sidney. 
Died  May  18,  1841. 

No.  338.  William  McRee.  Received  April  18,  1838,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  17,  3  839.  Dismissed  Feb.  18,  1840,  to  Pby. 
of  Alabama.     Ordained  April  5,  1840.     Died  July  6,  1861. 

No.  339.  John  D.  Whitham.  Received  April  18,  1838,  as  a  can- 
didate. Licensed  May  25,  1840.  Dismissed  April  21,  1841,  to  Pby. 
of  Washington.     Ordained  Oct.  12,  1841. 

No.  .340.  Samuel  Orr.  Received  Oct.  17,  1838,  as  a  candidate. 
Dismissed  Dec.  10,  1839,  to  Pby,  of  Louisville. 

No.  341.     Ephraim  Ogden.     Received  Oct.  17,  1838,  as  a  candidate. 

No.  342.  George  Morris.  Received  1838,  as  a  foreign  licentiate 
on  probation.     Dismissed  April  16,  1839,  to  Pby.  of  Carlisle. 

No.  343.  Orson  Douglass.  Received  April  16, 1839,  from  Pby.  of 
New  Castle.  Ordained  May  25,  1822.  S.  S.  Mariners'  Ch.  Died 
March  1,  1852. 

No.  344.  David  W.  Swartz.  Received  April  16, 1839,  as  a  candi- 
date.    Licensed  Oct.  19,  1839.     License  revoked  June  28, 1842. 

No.  345.  Lewis  W.  Williams.  Received  April  17,  1839,  as  a 
candidate.  Licensed  April  23,  1840.  Dismissed  April  21,  1841,  to 
Pby.  of  Blairsville.     Ordained  May  12,  1841.     Died  May  7,  1857. 

No.  346.  Samuel  Beach  Jones.  Received  April  18,  1839,  from 
Pby.  of  Mississippi.  Ordained  Oct.  4,  1837,  by  Pby.  of  New  Bruns- 
wick.    Installed  May  9,  1839,  Pastor  of  Bridgeton.      Transferred 

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Oct.  21,  1839,  to  form  Pbj.  of  West  Jersey.     Died  Marcli  19,  1833. 
D.D. 

No.  347.  John  Hall.  Received  May  22,  1839.  Licensed  June  13, 
1839.  Dismissed  July  6, 1841,  to  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick.  Ordained 
and  installed  pastor  of  the  First  Church  of  Trenton,  N.  J.,  Aug.  16, 
1841.     D.D. 

No.  348.  Azariah  Pryor.  Received  June  13,  1839,  from  Pby.  of 
Newton.  Installed  Dec.  15,  1839,  Pastor  of  Second  Ch.,  Southwark. 
Withdrew  April  5,  1842,  to  Epis.  Ch. 

No.  349.  Charles  K.  Imbrie.  Received  Oct.  15,  1839.  Licensed 
Oct.  7,  lb4U.  Dismissed  Dec.  24,  1840,  to  Pby.  of  Elizabethtown. 
Ordained  Jan.  5,  1841.     D.D. 

No.  350.     Cornelius  C.  Cuyler.    Ordained  Jan.  2, 1809.    Received 

Nov.  26, 1839,  from  Second  Pby.  of  Phila.,  with  his  church  (Second). 

Released  May  7,  1850.     Died  Aug.  31,  1850.     D.D. 
No.  351.      James  L.  Dinwiddle.      Received  Nov.  26,  1839,  from 

Second  Pby.  of  Phila.,  with  his  church  (First  Ch.,  Penn  Township). 

Released  Aug.  22,  1840.    Dismissed  July  6,  1841,  to  Pby.  of  Monon- 

gahela. 

No.  352.  Archibald  Tudehope.  Received  Nov.  26,  1839,  from 
Second  Pby.  of  Phila.  Installed  Jan.  12,  1841,  Pastor  of  Ninth  Ch. 
Released  Mav  16, 1849.  Transferred  Oct.  29,  1861,  to  Central  Pby. 
of  Phila.     Died  Dec.  6,  1861. 

No.  353.  Charles  "Wood.  Received  Feb.  18,  1840,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  Oct.  4,  1848.  Ordained  May  20,  1849.  Dismissed  July  2, 
1850,  to  Pby.  of  Brazos. 

No.  354.  "Willis  Lord.  Received  March  19,  1840,  from  Evan.  Cong. 
Asso.  of  Rhode  Island.  Ordained  August,  1834.  Installed  March 
23,  1840,  Pastor  of  Seventh  Ch.,  Phila.  Released  Oct.  1,  1850.  Dis- 
missed Oct.  1,  1850,  to  Pby.  of  Cincinnati.     D.D.,  LL.D. 

No.  355.  Griffith  Owen.  Received  April  21,  1840,  from  Pby.  of 
Baltimore.  Ordained  April  22,  1840.  Installed  April  22,  1840, 
Pastor  of  Cohocsink  Ch.  Released  Oct.  15,  1844.  Dismissed  May 
28,  1845,  to  Pby.  of  Redstone.  Received  Jan.  6,  1848,  from  Pby.  of 
Redstone.  Installed  April  16,  3  851,  Pastor  of  Southwark  Ch. 
Released  Oct.  4,  1855.  Dismissed  Oct.  4,  1855,  to  Pby.  of  Baltimore. 
Died  Jan.  14,  1871. 

No.  356.  Joseph  McMurray.  Received  April  21,  1840,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  July  7,  1846.  Dismissed  Jan.  2,1847,  to  Pby.  of 
Elizabethtown.  Ordained  Jan.  6,  1847.  Received  Oct.  10,  1860, 
from  Second  Pby.  of  Phila.  Transferred  June,  1870,  at  the  reunion, 
to  Pby.  of  West  Jersey.     Died  June  12,  1873. 

No.  357.  "William  "W.  Bonnell.  Received  April  21,  1840,  as  a 
licentiate  from  Second  Pby.  by  change  of  boundary.  Dismissed 
June  28,  1842,  to  Classis  of  Mercersburg.  Ordained  July  10, 1842. 
Died  Dec.  2,  1849. 

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No.  358.  Joshua  Phelps,  Jr.  Received  April  21, 1840,  as  a  caiuli- 
date  from  Second  Pbv.  l»v  change  of  boundary.  Licensed  April  23, 
1840.  Ordained  Oct.  ll',  1840.  Dismissed  Oct.  15,  1840,  to  Pby.  of 
Hopewell. 

No.  359.  John  Wray.  Received  April  21,  1840,  as  a  candidate 
from  Second  Pbj.  by  change  of  boundary.  Licensed  April  23,  1841. 
Ordained  July  18,  1841.  Dismissed  July  18,  1841,  to  Pby.  of  Alla- 
habad. Received  May  7,  1850,  from  Pby.  of  Allahabad.  Dismissed 
July  2,  1850,  to  Pby.  of  Clarion.     Died'August  16,  1873. 

No.  3G0.  Ashbel  G.  Harned.  Received  April  21,  1840,  as  a  can- 
didate from  Second  Pby.  by  change  of  boundary.  Licensed  June 
27,  1843.  Dismissed  Jan.  2,  1844,  to  Pby.  of  Luzerne.  Ordained 
May  1,  1844.     Died  Oct.  16,  1881. 

No.  361.  David  W.  Eakins.  Received  April  23,  1840,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  7,  1847.  Ordained  April  9, 1848.  Transferred 
May  9,  1848,  by  Act  of  Assembly  to  form  Pby.  of  Creek  Nation. 
Received  Oct.  7,  1862,  from  Pby.  of  Creek  Nation.  Died  March  5, 
1876. 

No.  362.  Philip  Cressman.  Received  April  23,  1840,  as  a  candi- 
date. 

No.  363.  Nathaniel  Kennedy.  Received  June  9,  1840,  from  Pby. 
of  Londonderry.  Dismissed  at  his  request  Oct.  8,  1840,  and  his 
papers  returned. 

No.  364.  Joseph  B.  Stratton.  Received  Oct.  7, 1840,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Jan.  6,  1843.  Dismissed  Oct.  3,  1843,  to  Pby.  of 
Mississippi.     Ordained  December  31,  1843.     D.D. 

No.  365.  Gaylord  L.  Moore.  Received  Oct.  15,  1840,  from  Pby. 
of  New  Castle.  Installed  Nov.  3,  1840,  Pastor  of  Fairmount  Ch. 
(Withdrew  with  his  church,  July  7,  1841,  to  Third  Pby.  of  Phila., 
N.  S.)  Received  Oct.  4,  1869,  from  Pby.  of  Palmyra.  Dismissed 
Jan.  3,  1870,  to  Pby.  of  New  Castle. 

No.  366.  William  Loughridge.  Received  Nov.  11,  1840,  from 
Pby.  of  New  York.  Installed  Nov.  17,  1840,  Pastor  of  Fourth  Ch. 
Died  Nov.  11,  1846. 

No.  367.  John  L.  Janeway.  Received  Jan.  12, 1841,  as  a  licentiate 
from  Chassis  of  New  Brunswick.  Dismissed  June  27, 1843,  to  Classis 
of  Passaic. 

No.  368.  Joshua  F.  Green.  Received  April  21,  1841,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Jan.  6,  lb43.  Dismissed  April  2,  1844,  to  Pby.  of 
Transylvania.     Ordained  July  12,  1844.     Died  August  1,  1854. 

No.  369.  William  McK.  Smyth.  Received  April  21,  1841,  as  a 
candidate.  Licenseil  .Jan.  6,  ls43.  Dismissed  April  2,  1844,  to  Pby. 
of  South  Alabama.     Or<lained  Nov.  24,  1844. 

No.  370.  Thomas  B.  Bradford,  Received  April  21,  1841,  from 
Second  Pby.  of  Phila.  Dismissed  April  5,  1843,  to  Second  Pby.  of 
Phila. 

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No.  371.  Samuel  P.  Helme.  Received  Oct.  5,  1841,  from  Pby.  of 
Susqueliainia.  Ordained  Nov.  3,  1841.  Installed  Nov.  3,  1841, 
Pastor  of  Middleton  and  Ridley.  Released  from  Ridley  April  5, 
1842;  from  Middletown  Oct.  13,  1842.  Dismissed  April  2,  1844,  to 
Pby.  of  Tombeckbee.     Died  June  11,  1862. 

No.  372.  Charles  John  Jones.  Received  Oct.  5,  1841,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  5,  1848.  Dismissed  April  3,  1849,  to  Pby.  of 
St.  Louis.     Ordained  Jan.  9,  1850.     D.D. 

No.  373.  Henry  M.  Wilson.  Received  Oct.  6, 1841,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  Oct.  U,  1847.  Dismissed  April  3, 1849,  to  Pby.  of  New  York. 
Ordained  Nov.  16,  1851. 

No.  374.  John  Parker  Hall.  Received  Oct.  6, 1841,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  6,  1842.  Dismissed  Oct.  6, 1846,  to  Pby.  of  Louisiana. 
Received  Jan.  5,  1852,  from  Pby.  of  St.  Clairsville.  Returned  his 
licensure  Jan.  8,  1877.     Died  1886. 

No.  375.     James  Mackay.     Received  Jan.  4,  1842,  as  a  candidate. 

No.  376.  Michael  S.  Culbertson.  Received  Jan.  5,  1842,  as  a  can- 
didate. Dismissed  June  27,  1843,  to  Pby.  of  Carlisle.  Ordained 
May  29,  1844.    Missionary  in  China.     Died  August  25,  1862.    D.D. 

No.  377.  Peter  A.  McMartin.  Received  Jan.  5,  1842,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  4,  1844.  Dismissed  Jan.  2,  1849,  to  Pby.  of 
East  Hanover.     Ordained  Dec.  3,  1856. 

No.  378.  Samuel  Mahaffy.  Received  April  6,  1842,  as  a  candidate. 
Dismissed  April  1,  1845,  to  Pby.  of  St.  Clairsville.  Ordained  Sept. 
11,  1846. 

No.  379.  Thomas  H.  Newton.  Received  April  6,  1842,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  5, 1848.  Ordained  Nov.  13, 1850.  Dismissed 
Oct.  5,  1853,  to  Pby.  of  Northumberland.  Died  Nov.  19,  1880. 
D.D. 

No.  380.  Peter  Leslie,  Jr.  Received  June  28,  1842,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  4,  1844.     License  withdrawn  May  5,  1848. 

No.  381.  Charles  Pottinger.  Received  June  28,  1842,  as  a  candi- 
date. 

No.  382.  Josiah  B.  Poage.  Received  June  28,  1842,  from  Pby.  of 
Ebenezer.  Licensed  Jiuit;  29,  1842.  Dismissed  Jan.  3,  1844,  to  Pby. 
of  Ebenezer.     Ordained  Oct.  4,  1845.    Died  Dec.  18,  1882. 

No.  383.  James  W.  Stewart.  Received  Oct.  4, 1842,  from  Classis 
of  Paramus.  Licensed  Oct.  16,  1816.  Ordained  Oct.  _3,  1825. 
Installed  Oct.  13,  1842,  Pastor  of  Union  Ch.     Died  March  1,  1849. 

No.  384.  Richard  V.  Dodge.  Received  Oct.  5,  1842,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Jan.  4,  1844.  Dismissed  Jan.  7,  1845,  to  Pby.  of 
Vincennes.     Ordained  June  16,  1846.     Died  Feb.  26,  1885. 

No.  385.  William  A.  McDowell.  Received  Jan.  3,  1843,  from 
Pby.  of  Charleston.  Corresponding  Secretary,  Board  of  Domestic 
Missions.  Ordained  Dec.  22,  1813,  by  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick. 
Died  Sept.  17,  1851. 

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No.  386.  Matthew  B.  Hope.  Received  Jan.  3,  1843,  from  Pby.  of 
Huntingdon.  Disuiisscd  ()(;t.  6,  1S4(J,  to  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick. 
Ordained  April  7,  IbM.     Died  Dec.  15,  1879.     M.D. 

No.  387.  William  J.  Murphy.  Received  Jan.  3,  1843,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Jan.  4,  lb44.  Dismissed  July  2,  1844,  to  Pby.  of 
Huntingdon.     Ordained  Jan.  15,  1845. 

No.  388.  Robert  Earp,  Jr.  Received  Jan.  3,  1843,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  Jan.  G,  1^44.     License  returned  Oct.  6,  1846. 

No.  389.  Joshua  Stevenson.  Received  Jan.  3,  1843,  as  a  candi- 
date. 

No.  390.  Augustus  T.  Dobson.  Received  April  5, 1843,  as  a  can- 
didate. Licensed  April  9,  1851.  Dismissed  July  5,  1853,  to  Pby. 
of  Long  Island.     Ordained  Oct.  30,  1853. 

No.  391.  Joseph  McConnell.  Received  April  5,  1843,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Jan.  23,  1849.  Dismissed  Oct.  29,  1849,  to  Pby.  of 
Elizabethtown.     Ordained  Nov.  13,  1849. 

No.  392.  Justus  F.  Umsted.  Received  April  5,  1843,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  July  7,  1847.  Dismissed  Jan.  8,  1850,  to  Pby.  of 
Iowa.     Ordained  Oct.  15,  1850.     D.D. 

No.  393.  John  Thomas.  Received  April  5,  1843,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  4,  1849.  Ordained  Oct.  9,  1850.  Installed  Oct.  9, 
1850,  Pastor  of  Phoenixville.  Released  July  2,  1855.  Dismissed 
July  2,  1855,  to  Pby.  of  Northumberland. 

No.  394.  John  Cross.  Received  April  5, 1843,  as  a  foreign  proba- 
tioner. United  Ass.  of  Glasgow.  Dismissed  Oct.  26,  1843,  to  Pby. 
of  New  Lisbon. 

No.  395.  William  L.  W.  Chapman.  Received  June  27,  1843,  as  a 
candidate. 

No.  396.     Jonathan  C.  Gibbs.     Received  June  27,  1843,  as  a  can- 
didate.    Licensed  April  6,  1855.     Dismissed  July  2,  1855,  to  Pby. 
of  Troy.    Received  Jan.  3,  1860,  from  Pby.  of  Troy.    Installed  April 
10,  1860,  Pastor  of  First  African  Ch.    Released  April  2, 1866.     Dis- 
missed Jan.  7,  1S67,  to  Pby.  of  Catawba.     Died  Aug.  14,  1874. 
No.  397.     Basil  N.  Gaines.    Received  June  27,  1843,  as  a  candidate. 
No.  398.     John  F.  Wilson.     Received  June  27,  1843,  as  a  candi- 
date. 
No.  399.     John  H.  Smaltz.     Received  Oct.  3,  1843,  from  Classis  ot 
Lebanon.     Installed  Oct.  16,  1843,  Pastor  of  Assembly  Ch.,  South- 
wark.    Released  April  1,  1845.     Dismissed  April  9,  1861,  to  Central 
Pby.  of  Phila.     Died  July  30,  1861. 
No.  400.     Thomas  B.  Gaw.    Received  Jan.  2,  1844,  as  a  candidate. 
No.  401.     Henry  E.  Spayd.     Received  Jan.  2,  1844,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  7,  185a.    Dismissed  July  5,  1853,  to  Pby.  of  Raritan. 
Ordained  July  20,  1853. 

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No.  402.  James  "Wilson.  Received  Jan.  2,  1844,  as  a  candidate. 
Received  Jan.  4,  1848,  as  a  candidate.  Licensed  April  5,  1850. 
Dismissed  Oct.  16,  1851,  to  Pby.  of  Mississippi.  Ordained  Oct.  23, 
1852. 

No.  403.  Stuart  Mitchell.  Received  Jan.  2,  1844,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  5,  1850.  Dismissed  Oct.  4, 1852,  to  Pby.  of  Wyoming. 
Ordained  Oct.  22,  1852. 

No.  404.  Henry  J.  David.  Received  Jan.  2,  1844,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  Jan.  25,  1848.  Dismissed  April  6, 1848,  to  Pbj.  of  Luzerne. 
Ordained  May  9,  1848. 

No.  405.  Alexander  Fairbairn.  Received  April  2,  1844,  as  a  can- 
didate. Licensed  April  5,  1850.  Ordained  Nov.  4,  1851.  Dismissed 
Jan.  5,  1852,  to  Pby.  of  Brazos. 

No.  406.  Jacob  D.  Mitchell.  Received  July  2,  1844,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  2,  1845.  Dismissed  July  1,  1845,  to  Pby.  of 
Luzerne.     jOrdaiiied  Sept.  24,  1845. 

No.  407.  Edward  Wurts.  Received  July  2,  1844,  as  a  candidate. 
Dismissed  Jan.  5,  1847,  to  Pby.  of  Louisville.  Received  Jan.  8, 
1850,  from  Pby.  of  Louisville.  Dismissed  Jan.  5,  1852,  to  Pby.  of 
Mississippi.     Ordained  April  4,  1852.     Died  June  9,  1885. 

No.  408.  David  R.  McCoy.  Received  July  2, 1844,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  July  7,  1846.  Dismissed  Nov.  21,  1848,  to  Pby.  of  West 
Jersey.  Ordained  Dec.  14,  1848.  Received  April  7,  1851,  from 
Pby.  of  West  Jersey.     Died  Jan.  18,  1854. 

No.  409.  George  W.  Perkin.  Received  July  2,  1844,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  8,  1846.  Dismissed  Jan.  4,  1848,  to  Pby.  of 
Luzerne. 

No.  410.     Thomas  Mason.     Received  July  2,  1844,  as  a  candidate. 

No.  411.  William  Cameron.  Received  Oct.  1, 1844,  as  a  candidate 
from  Pby.  of  Winchester.  Dismissed  Jan.  5,  1847,  to  Pby.  of  Win- 
chester.    Ordained  Oct.  20,  1865.     Died  May  10,  1879. 

No.  412.  George  K.  Marriner.  Received  Oct.  1, 1844,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Jan.  6,  1852.  Dismissed  July  7,  1856,  to  Pby.  of 
Long  Island.     Died  Sept.  5,  1869. 

No.  413.  John  W.  Yeomans.  Received  Jan.  7, 1845,  from  Pby.  of 
Newton,  Dismissed  Nov.  11,  1845,  to  Pby.  of  Northumberland. 
Ordained  Nov.  1828.     Died  June  22,  1863.     D.D. 

No.  414.  Daniel  Gaston.  Received  Jan.  8,  1845,  from  Pby.  of 
Luzerne.  Organized  July  12,  1838.  Installed  Jan.  21,  1845,  Pastor 
of  Cohocsink  Ch.  Transferred  Dec.  4,  I860,  at  the  formation  of 
Central  Pby.  of  Phila.     Died  April  29,  1865. 

No.  415.  Ebenezer  Erskine.  Received  Jan.  6,  1846,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  July  7,  1847.  Ordained  Sept.  11,  1849.  Installed 
Sept.  11,  1849,  Pastor  of  Penn  Ch.,  Phila.  Released  Jan.  7,  1851. 
Dismissed  April  7,  1851,  to  Pby.  of  Donegal.     D.D. 

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No.  416.  James  W.  Dale.  Received  April  7,  1846,  from  Pby.  of 
New  Castle.  Installed  May  17,  1846,  Pastor  of  Ridley  and  Middle- 
town.  Released  from  Ridley  April  8,  1858.  Installed  Oct.  6,  1866, 
Pastor  of  Media.  Transferred  June,  1870,  at  the  reunion,  to  Pby. 
of  Chester.     Died  April  19,  1881.     D.D. 

No.  417.     Samuel  M.  Malcomson.     Received  April  7,  1846,  as  a 

candidate. 
No.  418.     James  G.  Shinn.    Received  April  8,  1846,  as  a  candidate. 

Licensed  April  7,  1847.     Dismissed  July  4,  1848,  to  Pby.  of  Iowa. 

Ordained  Nov.  3,  1848.     Received  April  5,  1852,  from  Pby.  of  Iowa. 

Installed  Jan.  26,  1853,   Pastor  of  Richmond.     Transferred  Dec.  4, 

1860,  at  the  formation  of  Central  Pby.  of  Phila. 

No.  419.  Daniel  N.  Freeland.  Received  Feb.  7,  1846,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  7,  1847.  Dismissed  Jan.  25,  1848,  to  Pby.  of 
Hudson.     Ordained  March  7,  1848. 

No.  420.  Caspar  R.  Gregory.  Received  Jan.  5,  1847,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  5,  1848.  Ordained  May  20, 1849.  Dismissed 
July  7,  1851,  to  Pby.  of  Mohawk.     Died  Feb.  26,  1882.     D.D. 

No.  421.  Henry  D.  Gregory.  Received  Jan.  6,  1847,  as  a  candi- 
date. 

No.  422.  Robert  L.  Anderson.  Received  Jan.  5,  1847,  as  a  licen- 
tiate from  Pby.  of  New  Castle.     License  recalled  July  4,  1848. 

No.  423.  Alexander  "W.  SprouU.  Received  Jan.  6,  1847,  as  a 
candidate.  Licensed  April  7,  1853.  Dismissed  July  5,  1853,  to 
Pby.  of  Georgia.  Ordained  Oct.  30,  1853.  Received  July  7,  3  856, 
from  Pby.  of  Florida.  Installed  Sept.  16,  1856,  Pastor  of  Chester. 
Transferred  June,  1870,  at  the  reunion,  to  Pby.  of  Chester. 

No.  424.  Charles  G.  Brewster.  Received  April  6,  1847,  as  a  can- 
didate from  Phila.  Pres.  Ref.  Pres.  Ch.  Licensed  April  7,  1847. 
License  revoked  April  6,  1855. 

No.  425.  "William  Graham.  Received  July  7,  1847,  as  a  minister 
on  examination.     Dismissed  April  5,  1848,  to  Pby.  of  West  Jersey. 

No.  426.  Alexander  McColl.  Received  Oct.  5,  1847,  from  United 
Pres.  Ch.  of  Scotland. 

No.  427.  Samuel  Stevenson.  Received  Oct.  5,  1847,  from  Ref. 
Pres.  Phila.     Suspended  Oct.  14,  1856. 

No.  428.  William  E.  Jones.  Received  Oct.  6,  1847,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  Oct.  5,  1852.  Dismissed  April  24,  1854,  to  Pby.  of 
Troy.     Ordained  June  22,  1854.     D.D. 

No.  429.  Wm.  Chester.  Received  Jan.  4,  1848,  from  Pby.  of 
West  Jersey.  Dismissed  Oct.  3,  1860,  to  Pby.  of  Burlington.  Or- 
dained July  12,  1820.     Died  May  23,  1865.     D.D. 

No.  430.  Robert  Watt.  Received  Jan.  4,  1848,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  9,  1851.     Ordained  May  4,  1853.     Installed  May  4, 

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1853,  Pastor  of  Westminster  Ch.  Released  June  10,  1863.  Dis- 
missed June  10,  1863,  to  Pby.  of  Dublin.     D.D. 

No.  431.  'William  R.  Bingham.  Received  Jan.  25, 1848,  from  Pby. 
of  Donegal.  Ordained  Feb.  28,  1848.  Installed  Feb.  28,  1848, 
Pastor  of  Great  Valley  and  Charleston.  Released  Jan.  3,  1859. 
Dismissed  Jan.  1861,  to  Pby.  of  New  Castle.     D.D. 

No.  432.  Hugh  S.  Dickson.  Ordained  May  5,  1843.  Received 
April  5,  1848,  from  Pby.  of  Fort  Wayne.  Dismissed  July  4,  1848, 
to  Pby.  of  Albany.  Received  July  2,  1866,  from  Pby.  of  North- 
umberland. Transferred  June,  1870,  at  the  reunion,  to  Pby.  of 
Chester.  Received  Jan.  12,  1874,  from  Pby.  of  Chester.  Died  Oct. 
17,  1887.     D.D. 

No.  433.  Lewis  Cheeseman.  Received  Oct.  3,  1848,  from  Pby.  of 
Buffalo  City.  Installed  Oct.  3,  1848,  Pastor  of  Fourth  Ch.  Released 
Oct.  10,  1860.     Died  Dec.  21,  1861.     D.D. 

No.  434.  Giles  Manwaring.  Received  Oct.  12,  1848,  from  Pby.  of 
West  Jersey.  Disniissed  July  7,  1851,  to  Pby.  of  Bradford.  Or- 
dained Aug.  6,  1844.     Died  March  13,  1852. 

No.  435.  Jacob  Belville.  Received  Jan.  2,  1849,  from  Pby.  of 
Baltimore.  Ordained  Nov.  1,  1844.  Dismissed  Sept.  11,  1849,  to 
Pby.  of  Phila.  Second.     D.D. 

No.  436.  "Washington  D.  McKinley.  Received  April  5,  1848,  as 
a  candidate.  Licensed  April  9,  1851.  Dismissed  May  6,  1852,  to 
Pby.  of  Mohawk.     Ordained  Sept.  13,  1852. 

No.  437.  Francis  G.  Umsted.  Received  April  5,  1848,  as  a  can- 
didate. 

No.  438.  Elijah  Wilson.  Received  April  25,  1849,  from  Pby.  of 
New  Castle.  Dismissed  June  18,  1849,  to  Pby.  of  Donegal.  Or- 
dained Oct.  12,  1842. 

No.  439.  "William  Henry  Green.  Received  April  25,  1849,  from 
Pby.  of  New  Brunswick.  Ordained  May  24,  1848.  Installed  May 
16,^1849,  Pastor  of  Central  Ch.  Released  July  7,  1851.  Dismissed 
July  7,  1851,  to  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick.     D.D. 

No.  440.  John  Douglass.  Received  Oct.  2,  1849,  as  a  foreign  licen- 
tiate on  probation  from  Pby.  of  Armagh.  Withdrawn  his  papers 
Jan.  8,  1850. 

No.  441.  Samuel  D.  Alexander.  Received  Oct.  3,  1849,  from 
Second  Pby.  of  Pliila.  Dismissed  Jan.  6,  1851,  to  Pby.  of  New 
Brunswick.     Ordained  Nov.  16,  1847.     D.D. 

No.  442.  Charles  "Wadsworth.  Received  March  11,  1850,  Pres- 
bytery of  Troy.  Ordained  b\^h.  7, 1842.  Installed  March  26,  1850, 
Arch  St.  Ch.  Released  April  3,  1862,  and  transferred  to  Pby.  Cali- 
fornia. Received  from  Ref.  Ch.  by  Pby.  Phila.  Central  Nov.  17, 
1873.  Received  from  Phila.  Central,  Dec.  2,  1878.  Installed  March 
25,  1879,  Clinton  St.  Imm.  Ch.     Died  April  2,  1882.     D.D. 

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No.  443.  James  M.  Crowell.  Received  April  2,  1850,  as  a  can- 
didate. Licensed  .Fan.  7,  lb51.  Dismissed  April  7,  1851,  to  Pby. 
New  Castle.  Ordained  June  3,  1851.  Received  May  4,  1857,  from 
Pby.  New  Castle.  Installed  May  10,  1857,  Seventh  Ch.  Released 
May  5,  1869,  and  dismissed  to  Pby.  Rochester  City.  Received  Dec. 
19,  1870,  from  Pbv.  Rochester.  Installed  Jan.  12,  1871,  Woodland 
Ch.     Released  May  5,  1883.     D.D. 

No.  444.  Wm.  A.  Dod.  Received  as  a  licentiate  April  4,  1850, 
Pby.  New  York.  Ordained  April  25,  1850.  Dismissed  April  5, 
1852,  to  Pby.  New  Brunswick.     Died  Dec.  31,  1872. 

No.  445.  Bernard  Steinthal.  Received  as  a  licentiate  April  4, 
1850,  Andover  Assn.  Ordained  Nov.  4,  1851.  Suspended  Feb.  15, 
1860. 

No.  446.  William  Blackwood.  Received  as  a  foreign  Minister  on 
probation  April  15,  IbSU,  from  Pby.  New-Castle-upon-Tyne.  To 
full  membership  April  7,  1851.  Ordained  1835.  Installed  Sept. 
17,  1851,  Ninth  Ch.     D.D.,  LL.D. 

No.  447.  John  Miller.  Received  July  2,  1850,  Pby.  Baltimore. 
Ordained  Oct.  3U,  1843.  Installed  July  10,  1850,  Eleventh  (West 
Arch  St.)  Ch.  Released  Dec.  6,  1855.  Dismissed  April  7,  1858, 
Pby.  Lexington. 

No.  448.  Lyman  Coleman.  Received  Oct.  15,  1850,  Bennington 
Assn.     Dismissed  April  4,  1860,  Hartford  South.  Assn.     D.D. 

No.  449.  Thomas  Warren.  Received  Oct.  1,  1850,  as  a  foreign 
Minister  on  probation  from  Pby.  Belfast.  To  full  membership  Nov. 
24,  1851,  and  dismissed  to  Pby.  Baltimore. 

No.  450.  Charles  W.  Shields.  Received  Oct.  1,  1850,  Pby.  Long 
Island.  Ordained  Nov.  b,  lti49.  Installed  Oct.  18,  1850,  Second 
Ch.  Transferred  to  Central  Pby.,  Phila.,  Dec.  4,  I860.  Released 
Oct.  2,  1865.  Transferred  June,  1870,  at  the  Reunion,  to  Pby.  New 
Brunswick.     D.D. 

No.  451.  James  A.  Safford.  Received  Oct.  1,  1850,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  9,  1851.  Dismissed  April  5,  1853,  to  Pby.  East  Han- 
over.    Ordained  Feb.  9,  1855.     Died  July  10,  1881.     D.D. 

No.  452.  James  R.  Moore.  Received  Oct.  1,  1850,  as  a  candidate. 
Dismissed  Oct.  6,  Ifc^J,  Pby.  Washington.     Died  Dec.  12,  1864. 

No.  453.  Robert  A.  Criswell.  Received  Oct.  1,  1850,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  .Jan.  6,  ih52.  Dismissed  Oct.  5,  1853,  Pby.  of  San- 
gamon.    Ordained  Nov.  10,  1853. 

No.  454.  Thomas  R.  Markham.  Received  Oct.  1,  1850,  as  a  can- 
didate. Dismissed  Jan.  2,  1«55,  Pby.  Yazoo.  Ordained  May  24, 
1857.     D.D. 

No.  455.  J.  Martin  Ccnnell.  Received  Oct.  2,  1850,  as  a  licentiate. 
Killed  by  railroad  accident  Aug.  29,  1855. 

No.  456.  John  Leyburn.  Received  Jan.  6,  1851,  Pby.  East  Han- 
over.    Name  dropped  April  26,  1864.     D.D. 

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No.  457.  ^William  C.  Windel.  Received  Jan.  6,  1851,  on  proba- 
tion from  Pby.  Temple  Patrick,  Ireland.  To  full  membership  Oct. 
20,  1852.     Dismissed  Jan.  4,  1853,  Pby.  New  Castle. 

No.  458.  John  Jones.  Received  April  5,  1851,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  May  5,  1853.  Dismissed  July  3,  1854,  Pby.  Genessee 
River.  Ordained  March  3,  1855.  Received  April  5,  1886,  Pby. 
Louisville.     D.D. 

No.  459.  William  C.  Stitt.  Received  April  8,  1851,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  5,  1860.  Dismissed  Oct.  4,  1860,  Pby. 
Potomac.     Ordained  May  23,  1863,  Pby.  Carlisle. 

No.  460.  Robert  Gamble.  Received  July  7,  1851,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  3,  1856.  Dismissed  July  6,  1857,  to  Pby.  Donegal. 
Ordained  Oct.  17,  1857.  Received  May  7,  1860,  Pby.  Donegal. 
Installed  May  18,  1860,  Union  Ch.  Released  Jan.  2,  1865.  Dis- 
missed Jan.  2,  1866,  Pby.  New  Castle.  Received  Oct.  4,  1886,  Pby. 
Westminster.     Installed  May  12,  1887,  Union  Ch. 

No.  461.  Francis  D.  Ladd.  Received  Oct.  6,  1851,  Pby.  Sus- 
qiielianna.  Installed  Nov.  15,  1851,  Penn  Ch.  (N.  10th  St.). 
Transferred  by  division  of  Pby.  Dec.  4,  1860,  to  Central  Pby. 
Phila.     Died  July  7,  1862. 

No.  462.  Clark  Louden.  Received  as  a  foreign  licentiate  on  pro- 
bation Oct.  7,  1^51,  from  Pby.  Newry,  Ireland.  To  full  member- 
ship Oct.  29,  1852.  Ordained  and  installed  Feb.  9,  1853,  Fifteenth 
Ch.  Released  Jan.  8,  1861,  Dismissed  April  6,  1863,  Pby. 
Sangamon. 

No.  463.  Jacob  D.  Dudley.  Received  Nov.  24,  1851,  Pby.  East 
Hanover.  Installed  Dec.  21,  1851,  Crookville  Ch.  Released  Oct. 
4,  1854.     Dismissed  April  5,  1855,  Pby.  West  Hanover. 

No.  464.  William  H.  Rufifner.  Received  Jan.  5,  1852,  as  a  licen- 
tiate Pby.  West  Hanover.  Ordained  and  installed  Jan.  14,  1852, 
Seventh  Church.  Released  April  6,  1853.  Dismissed  April  5, 
1854,  Pby.  Lexington.     Demitted,  1874.     LL.D. 

No.  465.  James  A.  Paige.  Received  as  a  candidate  Jan.  5,  1852, 
Pby.  New  Brunswick.  Licensed  Jan.  6,  1852.  Dismissed  Oct.  6, 
1853,  Pby.  St.  Louis.     Ordained  Nov.  11,'  1855. 

No.  466.  William  E.  Schenck.  Received  April  5,  1852,  Pby. 
New  Brunswick.  Ordained  Feb.  28,  1843.  Supt.  Church  Exten- 
sion, 1852^54.  Editor  Pres.  Bd.  Publication,  1862-70.  Cor.  Sec. 
Pres.  Bd.  Publication,  1854-86.     D.D. 

No.  467.  Robert  A.  Brown.  Received  as  a  candidate  April  5, 
1852.  Licensed  April  3,  1856.  Dismissed  Dec.  1,  1856,  Pby.  Chi- 
cago. Ordained  Dec.  14,  1856.  Received  to  Central  Pby.  Phila., 
Aug.  26,  1868,  from  Pby.  Donegal.  Installed  May  15,  1870, 
Trinitv  Ch.  June,  1870,  Pby.  of  Phila.  Central  at  the  reunion. 
Released  April  2,  1873.     Died  Nov.  21,  1875. 

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No.  468.  Adolphus  Henry  Epstein.  Received  as  a  candidate 
April  6,  18.52.     Dismissed  Oct.  4,  1854,  Pby.  Charleston. 

No.  469.  Aaron  P.  Forman.  Received  as  a  candidate  July  6,  1852. 
Licensed  .Jan.  4,  1853.  Dismissed  April  7,  1853,  Pby.  Palmyra. 
Ordained  April  2,  1854.     Died  Oct.  14,  1875.     D.D. 

No.  470.  Joseph  Nesbit.  Received  as  a  licentiate  July  6,  1852, 
Ass.  Pby.  Albany.    Dismissed  Oct.  4,  1852,  Second  Pby.  Pliila.    D.D. 

No.  471.  Thomas  Mack.  Received  July  6,  1852,  Pby.  Newton. 
Dismissed  Jan.  2,  1854,  Pby.  Hudson. 

No.  472.  Ulisha  B.  Cleghorn.  Received  and  licensed  July  7, 1852. 
Dismissed  April  4,  1855,  Pby.  Lexington.  Received  April  3,  1856, 
Pby.  Lexington.  Dismissed  April  4, 1856,  Pby.  Baltimore.  Ordained 
June  3,  1856.  Received  Nov.  16,  1874,  Classis  of  Nevr  York.  Dis- 
missed May  6,  1878,  Pby.  Albany.  Received  to  Phila.  Central  Pby. 
June  30,  1879,  from  Pby.  Albany.     Died  Dec.  14,  1881. 

No.  473.  Henry  Steele  Clark.  Received  July  12,  1852,  Pby.  Lon- 
donderry.    Ordained,  1843,  by  Pby.  Cleveland.     Installed  Sept.  8, 

1852,  Central  Church.    Transferred  by  division  of  Pby.  Dec.  4, 1860, 
to  Central  Pby.  Philada.     Died  Jan.  17,  1864.     D.D. 

No.  474.  Charles  Rockwell.  Received  Oct.  15,  1852,  Pby. 
Michigan.     Dismissed  Oct.  4,  1854,  Pby.  Londonderry. 

No.  475.  Benjamin  Moxey.  Received  as  a  candidate  Jan.  3,  1863. 
Name  withdrawn  Oct.  6,  1863. 

No.  476.  George  O.  Barnes.  Received  as  a  candidate  Jan.  3, 1853. 
Licensed  April  6,  1854.  Dismissed  June  15,  1854,  Pby.  Transyl- 
vania. 

No.  477.  "Winthrop  Tappan.  Received  as  a  candidate  Jan.  3, 1853. 
Licensed  July  5,  1853.     Name  dropped  from  the  roll. 

No.  478.     J.  Henry  Kauffman.     Received  as  a  candidate  Jan.  3, 

1853.  Licensed    April   7,    1853.      Dismissed    April  5,   1854,   Pby, 
Baltimore.     Ordained  Jan.  12,  1854.     Died  Oct.  27,  1873. 

No.  479.  James  McCaskie.  Received  as  a  foreign  licentiate  on 
probation  Jan.  28,  1853,  Pby.  Strabane,  Ireland.  To  full  member- 
ship July  3,  1854.  Ordained  and  installed  July  12,  1854,  South- 
western Church.  Transferred  with  his  church  Oct.  3,  1860,  to 
Third  Pby.  Phila.  Released  June  20,  1864,  and  dismissed  to  Pby. 
Strabane,  Ireland. 

No.  480.  William  O.  Johnstone.  Received  Jan.  28,  1852,  Ass. 
Ref.  Pby.  Phila.  Ordained  Dec.  25,  1845,  by  Pby.  Northumber- 
land, England.  Installed  May  1,  1853,  First  Secession  Church  of 
Kensington.  Transferred  by  division  of  Presbytery  to  Central  Pby. 
of  Phila.,  and  to  Pby.  Phila.  Central  at  the  reunion  June  23,  1870. 
Died  Jan.  16,  1882.     D.D. 

No.  481.  Josias  H.  Young.  Received  as  a  candidate  Oct.  5,  1853. 
LiceHsed  April  2,  1862.  Dismissed  Oct.  5,  1863,  Pby.  Northumber- 
land.    Ordained  1863. 

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MINISTERS   AND   LICENTIATES. 

No.  482.     Henry  C.  Cameron.     Received  as  a  candidate  Oct.  5, 
1855,  Pby.  Baltimore.      Licensed  Oct.  5,  1859.     Ordained  Feb.  1, 
1863.      Transferred  to  Pby.  New  Brunswick,  June,  1870,  at  the 
reunion.     D.D. 
No.  483.     Henry  R.  Avery.     Received  as  a  candidate  April  5,  1853. 
Licensed  Api'il  G,  1855.     Dismissed  Jan.  5,  1857,  Pbj.  New  Bruns- 
wick.    Ordained  Feb.  24,  1857. 
No.  484.    J.  Aspinwall  Hodge.    Received  April  5,  1854.    Licensed 
April  3,  1856.     Dismissed  Jan.  5,  1857,  Pby.  Luzerne.     Ordained 
April  22,  1857.     D.D. 
No.  485.     Joseph  H.  CarroU.     Received  April  5,  1854.     Licensed 
July  3,  1854.      Dismissed  April  4,   1855,   Pby.  New  Brunswick. 
Ordained  May  30,  1855.     D.D. 
No.  486.     J.  Howard  Nixon.     Received  April  5.  1854.     Licensed 
April  6,   1855.      Dismissed  May  6,   1856,    Pby.   Troy.      Ordained 
June  26,  1856.     D.D. 
No.  487.    Samuel  H.  MoMuUin.    Received  April  5,  1854.    Licensed 
Oct.  4,  1854.    Dismissed  April  2,  1856,  Pby.  North  River.    Ordained 
Oct.  16,  1856.     Received  June  5,   1860,    Pby.   North  River.     Dis- 
missed June    5,    1860,    Pby.    Baltimore.      Received  Jan,   6,    1865, 
Pby.  Long  Island.     Dismissed  Oct  5,  1868,  Pby.  Oxford.     D.D. 
No.  488.     Ebenezer  P.   Rogers.     Received  April  24,  1854,    Pby. 
Hopewell.    Ordained  Nov.  4,  1840.    Installed  May  3,  1854,  Seventh 
(Tabernacle)  Ch.     Released  Oct.  1,  1856,  and  dismissed  to  Classis 
of  Albany.     Died  Oct.  22,  1881.     D.D. 
No.  489.     John  B.  Ripley.     Received  May  3,  1854,  Pby.  Burling- 
ton.    Ordained  and  installed  July  11,  1854.     Mariners'  Ch.     Died 
Feb.  7,  1862. 
No.  490.     Samuel  Phillips,  Jr.     Received  July  3,  1854,  as  a  can- 
didate. 
No.  491.     James  Montgomery.     Received  as  a  candidate  July  3, 

1854. 
No.  492.     David  Longmore.     Received  Oct.  4,  1854,   Pby.  North- 
umberland.    Died  Sept.  12,  1855. 
No.  493.     David  Magill.     Received  Oct.  4,  1854,   Pby.  London  on 
probation.     To  full  membership  Nov.  12,  1855.     Installed  Jan.  13, 
1857,  Union  Ch.     Released  and  dismissed  to  Pby.  Londonderry, 
July  5,  1859. 
No.  494.     James  Y.  Mitchell.     Received  Oct.  4,  1854.     Licensed 
April  1,  1857.    Dismissed  July  6,  1857,  Pby.  Newtown.    Ordained 
July  14,  1857.     Received  to  Fourth  Pby.  Phila.  Oct.  15,  1862,  Pby. 
Newton.     Installed  Oct.  22,    1862,    Central  (Temple)   Ch.     Trans- 
ferred June,  1870,  at  the  reunion  to  Pby.  Phila.  Centi'al.    Released 
and  dismissed  to  Pby.  Westminster  June  26,  1876.     D.D. 
No.  495.    John  Thompson  Osier.     Received  Oct.  4,  1854,  as  a  can- 
didate.    Transferred  April  3,  1862,  Central  Pby.  Phila.     Licensed 

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AY>rn  3,  1862.     Ordained  April  3,  1865.     Dismissed  Jan.  15,  1866. 
Pby.  Carlisle. 

No.  496.  Alexander  H.  F.  Williamson.  Received  as  a  candidate 
Oct.  4,  1854. 

No.  497.  George  Morton.  Received  Oct.  5,  1854,  Pby.  of  Blairs- 
ville.  Ordained  1846.  Dismissed  April  4,  1855,  to  Pby.  of  Blairs- 
ville.     Received  July  16,  1860,  Pby.  Salsburg. 

No.  498.  "Wm.  T.  Catto.  Received  Oct  5,  18.54,  from  the  Methodist 
Chui'ch.  Installed  April  22,  1855,  African  First  Ch.  Released  and 
dismissed  to  Pby.  of  District  of  Columbia  Oct.  27,  1857. 

No.  499.  John  A.  Buokner.  Received  as  a  candidate  Jan.  2, 1855. 
Dismissed  April  2,  1857,  to  Central  Pby.  of  Mississippi. 

No.  500.     Ebenezer  Jones.     Received  Jan.  2,  1855,  as  a  candidate. 

No.  501.  James  I.  Helm.  Received  April  4,  1855,  Pby.  Newton. 
Ordained  June  23,  1838.  Withdrew  to  Episcopal  Church  July  6, 
1859.     Died  Oct.  15,  1886.     D.D. 

No.  502.  Ephraim  D.  Saunders.  Received  April  4,  1855,  Pby.  of 
West  Jersey.  Transferred  April  9,  1861,  to  Central  Pby.  Phila. 
June,  1870,  to  Phila.  Central  Pby.     Died  Sept.  13,  1872.     D.D. 

No.  503.  Edward  L.  Dodder.  Received  April  5,  1855,  Pby.  of 
Ohio.  Licensed  April  6,  1855.  Dismissed  April  2,  1856,  Pby.  of 
Dubuque.     Ordained  Oct.  7,  1856. 

No.  504.  John  L.  Thompson.  Received  April  5,  1855,  as  a  can- 
didate. 

No.  505.  Lambert  S.  Fine.  Received  A-pril  5,  1855,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  1,  1857.  Dismissed  April  7,  1858,  Pby.  of 
Carlisle.     Ordained  April,  1858.     Died  March  5,  1869. 

No.  506.  John  H.  Sargent.  Received  April  5,  1856,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  3,  1856.  Dismissed  April  22,  1861,  Pby.  of 
Ohio.     Ordained  .June  26,  1861. 

No.  507.  Willard  M.  Rice.  Received  July  2,  1855,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  July  7,  1856.  Ordained  and  installed  Moyamensing  Ch. 
Oct.  18,  1858.  Released  October  15,  1863.  Installed  April  10, 
1864,  Tenth  Church.  Released  April  24,  1874.  Dismissed  June  8, 
1874,  Pby.  of  Chester.  Received  May  7,  1877,  Pby.  of  Chester. 
Clerk  Pby.  of  Phila.  1858-74,  1877-         D.D. 

No.  508.  Charles  H.  Ewing.  Received  July  2,  1855,  Pby.  West 
Jersey.  Ordained  1842.  Transferred  Oct.  1861,  to  Central  Pby. 
Phila.  Received  April  1,  1862,  from  Central  Pby.  Phila.  Installed 
April  19,  1864,  Mariners'  Ch.  Released  July  6,  1868.  Died  March 
15,  1885. 

No.  509.      Archibald    P.    Cobb.      Received   Oct.    3,    1855,    Pby. ' 
Newark.     Ordained  April  19,  1854.     Installed  Dec.  23,  1855,  South 
Ch.     Released  Oct.  10,  1861.     Dismissed  May  16,  1863,  Pby.  Mon- 
mouth.    Died  Feb.  26,  1881. 

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MINISTERS    AND    LICENTIATES. 

No.  510.  John  Jones.  Received  as  a  candidate  Oct.  4,  1855.  Dis- 
missed July  U,  IboS,  Second  Phy.  Phila. 

No.  511.  Levi  H.  Christian.  Received  Nov.  12,  1855,  Pby.  Ox- 
ford.    Ordained  Oct.  3,  1846,  Pby.  of  Winchester.     Installed  Nov. 

■  12, 1855,  North  Church.  Transferred  Dec.  4,  1860,  to  Central  Pby., 
Philada.,  by  division  of  Pby.     Died  Oct.  23,  1864. 

No.  512.  Robert  Crawford.  Received  Nov.  12,  1855,  Berkshire 
North  Assn.  Ordained  Augnst  20,  1840.  Installed  Nov.  25, 
Crookville  Cli.  Released  April  2,  1857.  Dismissed  Jan.  4,  1858, 
Franklin  Assn.,  Mass. 

No.  513.  "Walter  Powell.  Received  Jan.  7,  1856,  as  a  candidate. 
Dismissed  April  2,  1856,  Pby.  Troy.  Ordained  July  9,  1857,  Pby. 
Donegal.     Died  Jan.  23,  1868. 

No.  514.  Robert  Edgar.  Received  Jan.  7,  1856,  as  a  candidate. 
Dismissed  Oct.  3,  186<»,  Pby.  Troy.     Ordained  April  29,  1867. 

No.  515.  James  rf.  Callan.  Received  April  2,  1856,  Pby.  Red- 
stone.    Dismissed  July  6,  1858,  Pby.  Lnzerue. 

No.  516.  James  W.  Olmstead.  Received  April  2,  1856,  Pby. 
Eastern  Shore.  Ordained  June,  1845.  Transferred  Feb.  27,  1861, 
by  division  of  Pby.  to  Central  Pby.,  Phila.  Died  Oct.  16,  1870. 
D.D. 

No.  517.  Rudolph  A.  Renz.  Received  as  a  candidate  April  2, 
1856.     Died  in  Princeton  Theo.  Seminary,  1857. 

No.  518.  John  T.  Cowhick.  Received  April  2,  1856,  as  a  candi- 
date. Dismissed  Oct.  7,  1857,  Pby.  Columbia.  Ordained  May  6, 
1859,  Pby.  Donegal.     D.D. 

No.  519.  Robert  B.  "Williamson.  Licensed  July  7,  1856.  Dis- 
missed March  19,  1860,  Pby,  Tombeekbee. 

No.  520.  Thomas  H.  Amos.  Received  April  2,  1856,  as  a  candi- 
date.    Dismissed  Jan.  3,  1859,  Pby.  New  Castle. 

No.  521.  "William  E.  Boardman.  Received  April  2,  1856,  Pby. 
Detroit.  Dismissed  Jan.  4,  1860,  Pby.  California.  Received  Oct. 
1864,  Pby.  Stockton.     Transferred  June,  1870,  Pby.  New  York. 

No.  522.  Edward  P.  Capp.  Received  April  3,  1856,  as  a  candi- 
date. Dismissed  Jan.  7,  1867,  Central  Pby.  Phila.  Ordained 
April  19,  1869.     Died  Oct.  26,  1873. 

No.  523.  "William  J.  Day.  Received  April  8,  1856,  as  a  candidate. 
Dismissed  Oct.  8,  1861,  Central  Pby.  Phila.  Licensed  Jan.  2,  1865. 
Dismissed  July  3,  1865,  Pby.  Luzerne.     Ordained  Sept.  21,  1865. 

No.  524.  "William  P.  Breed.  Received  May  26,  1856,  Pby.  Steu- 
benville.  Ordained  Dec.  15,  1847.  Installed  June  4,  1856,  West 
Spruce  St.  Ch.     Released  Nov.  7,  1887,  Pastor  Emeritus.     D.D. 

No.  525.  Nathaniel  "West.  Received  Oct.  1,  1856,  Pby.  Redstone. 
Ordained  1821,  Council  of  Independents,  Hull,  England.  Installed 
Dec.  27,  1857,  Belmont  Ch.     Released  July  16,   1860.     Installed 

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July  18,  1860,  Hestonville  Cli.  Transferred  by  division  of  Pby. 
Deo.  4,  18(j0,  Central  Pby.  Pliila.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved 
July  7,  18(r2.     Died  Sept.  2,  1SG4.     D.D. 

No.  526.  Isaac  Newton  Baker.  Received  Oct.  1,  1856,  as  a  can- 
didate.    Manie  dropped  at  his  own  request. 

No.  527.  Joseph  D.  Smith.  Received  April  1,  1857,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  April  7,  1859.  Dismissed  Oct.  4,  1860,  Pby.  Don- 
egal.    Ordained  Oct.  30,  1860. 

No.  528.  Joseph  F.  Jennison.  Received  July  6, 1857,  Pby.  Eliza- 
betbtowii.  Ordained  and  installed  Nov.  4,  1857,  Phoenixville  Ch. 
Released  July  25,  1859.  Dismissed  Feb.  27,  1861,  Pby.  Michigan. 
Received  July  2,  1866,  Pby.  Michigan.  Dismissed  Oct.  19,  1866, 
Second  Pby.  Phila. 

No.  529.  Sketchley  M.  Pearoe.  Received  July  6,  1857,  as  a  can- 
didate. Dismissed  Oct.  7,  1862,  Central  Pby.  Phila.  Licensed 
April  4,  1864.  Dismissed  April  2,  1866,  Pby.  Southern  Minn.  Or- 
dained April  27,  1866. 

No.  530.  F.  Donleavy  Long.  Received  July  6,  1857,  as  a  candi- 
date.    Dismissed  Jan.  7,  1862,  Central  Pby.  Phila. 

No.  531.  Jonathan  Edwards.  Received  Oct.  7,  1857,  Pby.  Fort 
Wayne.  Ordained  April  17,  1844,  Pby.  Cincinnati.  Installed  Oct. 
7,  1857,  West  Arch  St.  Ch.  Transferred  Dec.  4,  1860,  by  division 
of  Pby.  to  Central  Pbv.  Phila.  Released  March  13,  1866.  Dis- 
missed April  2,  1866,  Pby.  Ohio.     D.D. 

No.  532.  Alfred  Nevin.  Received  April  16,  1858,  Pby.  Donegal. 
Ordained  Sept.  1840,  Pby.  Newcastle.  Installed  April  18,  1858, 
Alexander  Ch.  Transferred  by  division  of  Pby.  Dec.  4,  1860,  Cen- 
tral Pby.  Phila.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  Jan.  7,  1861,  Phila. 
Received  at  the  reunion  June,  1870,  from  Central  Pby.  Installed 
Jan.  22,  1871,  West  Chestnut  St.  Ch.  Released  Feb.  3,  1873.  D.D., 
LL.D. 

No.  533.  Robert  M.  Patterson.  Received  as  a  candidate  April 
16,  1858.  Licensed  July  7,  1858.  Ordained  and  installed  Aug.  25, 
1859,  Oreat  Valley  Ch.  Transferred  Dec.  4,  1860,  to  Central  Pby. 
Phila.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  June  24,  1867.  Received  July 
1,  1867,  Central  Pby.  Phila.  Installed  Oct.  31,  1867,  South  Ch. 
Released  Jan.  3,  1881.  Dismissed  April  13,  1885,  Pby.  Chester. 
D.D.,  LL.D. 

No.  534.  Wm.  H.  Dinsmore.  Received  May  5,  1858,  Pby.  Iowa. 
Licensed  April  5,  1860.  Dismissed  Jan.  7,  1861,  Pby.  Carlisle. 
Ordained  Nov.  19,  1861.     Died  May  26,  1877. 

No.  535.  Edward  Payson  Wood.  Received  May  5,  1858. 
Licensed  July  2,  1861.  Transferred  June  3,  1883,  Pby.  New 
Brunswick.     Ordained  1883. 

No.  536.  John  Rice  "Wood.  Received  May  5,  1858.  Licensed 
April  7,  1859.     Died  Sept.  7,  1860. 

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MINISTERS    AND   LICENTIATES. 

No.  537.  Jacob  D.  Weidman.  Received  Oct.  6,  1858.  Licensed 
April  7,  1859.  Dismissed  July  16,  1860,  Pby.  Luzerne.  Ordained 
Jan.  24,  1860. 

No.  538.  Richard  B.  Westbrook.  Received  Oct.  13,  1858,  Pby. 
Burlington.  Dismissed  April  2,  1861.  Certificate  not  used.  Sus- 
pended Oct.  13,  1864.  Restored  July  3,  1865.  Dismissed  Oct.  1, 
1865.  Certificate  of  dismission  renewed  Oct.  1,  1866.  Certificate 
of  dismission  returned  and  ministry  and  membership  in  Pres. 
Church  renounced,  Oct.  25,  1866.  Name  struck  from  roll  Jan.  7, 
1867.     D.D. 

No.  539.  John  F.  Cowan.  Received  Jan.  4,  1859.  Licensed  April 
5,  1860.  Dismissed  April  2,  1861,  Pby.  Lafayette.  Ordained  May 
17,  1863.     D.D. 

No.  540.  William  J.  Bridells.  Received  July  5,  1859.  Licensed 
April  29,  1867.     Dismissed  Oct.  5,  1868,  Pby.  Donegal. 

No.  541.  Henry  B.  Townsend.  Received  as  a  candidate  July  5, 
1859.  Dismissed  April  2,  1861,  Central  Pby.  Phila.  Licensed  July 
7,  1862.  Dismissed  April  6,  1863,  Second  Pby.  Phila.  Ordained 
May  5,  1863. 

No.  542.  Matthew  Ne"wkirk.  Received  as  a  candidate  July  5, 
1859.  Transferred  Jan.  7,  1861,  to  Central  Pby.  Phila.  Licensed 
Jan.  7,  1861.  Dismissed  April  2, 1862,  Pby.  New  Castle.  Ordained 
April  24,  1862.  Received  by  Central  Pby.  Phila.,  Jan.  11,  1869, 
from  Pby.  New  Castle.  Installed  Jan.  7,  1869,  North  Tenth  St.  Ch. 
June,  1870,  Phila.  Central  Pby.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  May 
5,  1873.  Installed  June  1,  1873,  Bethlehem  Ch.  Released  Dec.  10, 
1883.     Installed  Sept.  12,  1886,  Coll.  Pastor  Bethesda  Ch. 

No.  543.  "William  H.  Hodge.  Received  as  a  candidate  July  5, 
1859.  Transferred  April  2,  1861,  to  Central  Pby.  Phila.  Licensed 
April  3,  1861.  Ordained  Jan.  5,  1864.  Dismissed  Jan.  5,  1864, 
Pby.  Connecticut.  Received  April  19, 1870,  from  Pby.  Connecticut. 
Installed  June  20,  1870,  Columbia  Ave.  Ch.  Transferred  June, 
1870,  to  Phila.  Central  Pby. 

No.  544.  George  H.  Webster.  Received  and  licensed  July  6, 
1859.     Dismissed  May  7,  1860,  Pby.  Omaha. 

No.  545.  Thomas  J.  Richmond.  Received  July  6,  1859,  Mendon 
Assoc,  Mass.     Dismissed  April  5,  1860,  Taunton  Assoc,  Mass. 

No.  546.  James  C.  Laverty.  Received  as  a  candidate  April  24, 
1855,  by  Fourth  Pby.  Phila.  Licensed  Oct.  8,  1856.  Transferred 
Oct.  7,  1857,  to  Third  Pby.  Phila.  Ordained  and  installed  Oct. 
29,  1857,  Marple  Ch.  Released  July  25,  lc^59.  Transferred  Oct.  5, 
1859,  to  Pby.  Phila.     Dismissed  May  1,  I860,  Second  Pby.  Phila. 

No.  547.  Herman  Reiner.  Received  as  a  candidate  Oct.  5,  1859. 
Transferred  April  2,  1861,  Central  Pby.  Phila.  Name  dropped 
April  4,  1865. 

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No.  54S.     Hugh  S.  Alexander.     Received  as  a  candidate  Oct.   6, 

1859.  Licensed  April  "j,  i8J0.  Transferred  Oct.  1,  18(J0,  Second 
Pby.  Phila.     Or.Lain-'d  Sept.  3,  18(51,  Phy.  Roanoke.     D.D. 

No.  549,  Charles  Nelson.  Received  Jan.  3,  1860,  as  a  candidate. 
No  further  record. 

No.  550.  ^William  R.  Work.  Received  Jan.  20,  1860,  Second 
Pby.  Phila.  Ordained  Dec.  3,  1840,  Pby.  New  Castle.  Transferred 
Feb.  27,  1861,  Central  Pby.  Phila.,  June,  1870,  Phila.  Central. 
Died  Dec.  27,  1882. 

No.  551.  Jos.  W.  Porter.  Received  Jan.  3,  1860,  Pby.  Luzerne. 
Ordained  and  installed  March  19,  1860,  PliiBnixville  and  Charleston 
Ch.  Transferred  Dec.  4,  1860,  Central  Pbv.  Phila.  Released  Jan. 
10,  1870.     Transferred  June,  1870,  Pby.  Chester. 

No.  552.  Charles  T.  McMuUin.  Received  Jan.  4,  1860,  as  a  can- 
didate. Licensed  April  2,  1862.  Dismissed  Oct.  3,  1864,  Pby. 
West  Jersey.     Ordained  Nov.  1,  1864. 

No.  553.  Wm.  M.  Cornell.  Received  .Tan.  1,  1860,  Su^iolk  Asso., 
Mass.  Transferred  Jan.  7,  1861,  Central  Pby.  Phila.  Phila. 
Central  June,  1870.     Dismissed  Oct.  5,  1870. 

No.  554.  Henry  D.  Losoh.  Received  March  5,  1860,  Del.  Cong. 
Asso.  N.  York.  Dismissed  April  2,  1861,  Westmoreland  Classis 
Ref.  Germ.  Ch.  Received  April  3,  1877,  by  Phila.  Ceiitral  Pby. 
from  Ref.  Ch.     Name  struck  from  roll  Dec.  1,  1879. 

No.  555.  Wm.  J.  Hopkins.  Received  April  4,  1860,  as  an  inde- 
pendent minister  from  Wales  on  probation.     No  other  record. 

No.  556.  Andrew  J.  Johnson.  Received  April  4,  1860,  Pby.  Car- 
lisle. Licensed  April  5,  1860.  Dismissed  Jan.  7,  1861,  Pby.  New 
Orleans.     Ordained  April,  1861.     Demitted  ministry  Dec.  1,  1868. 

No.  557.  J.  Logan  Sample.  Received  April  4,  1860.  Licensed 
April  2,  1862.  Dismissed  Oct.  15,  1863,  Pby.  Redstone.  Ordained 
April  27,  1864. 

No.  558.  Morris  C.  Sutphen.  Received  May  1,  1860,  Pby.  Eliza- 
bethtown.  Ordained  and  installed  May  1,  1860,  Co-Pastor  Spring 
Garden  Ch.  Transferred  Dec.  4,  1860,  Central  Pby.  Phila.  Re- 
leased  and  dismissed  to  2d  Pby.  New  York,  April  13,  1866.  Died 
June  18,  1875.     D.D. 

No.  559.     J.  Addison  Henry.     Received   as    a   licentiate  June  5, 

1860,  Pby.  New  Brunswick.  Ordained  and  installed  June  5,  1860, 
Princeton  Ch.  Transferred  Dec.  4,  i860.  Central  Pby.  Phila. 
June,  1870,  Phila.  Central  Pby.     D.D. 

No.  560.  Francis  J.  Collier.  Received  July  2,  1860.  Licensed 
April  2,  1862.  Dismissed  Oct.  15,  1863,  Pby.  Ohio.  Ordained 
April  27,  1864.  Received  April  2,  1872,  Pby.  Pittsburgh.  Dis- 
missed Oct.  1,  1872,  Pby.  Chester.     D.D. 

No.  561.  Alfred  H.  Kellogg.  Received  as  a  candidate  July  2. 
1860.      Transferred  Jan.   7,   1861,  Central  Pby.  Phila.      Licensed 

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MINISTERS   AND  LICENTIATES. 

April  3,  1861.     Dismissed  Oct.  7,  1862,  2d  Pbj.    Pliila.     Ordained 
Oct.  22,  1862.     Received  by  Phila.  Central  Pby.  Sept.  1,  1873,  from 
Pby.  of  New    York.     Installed    Sept.  15,  1873,  Central  Cli.     Re- 
leased Oct.  6,  1874.     D.D. 
No.  562.     Le-wis  D.  Huntley.     Received   as    a   candidate  Oct.  4, 

1860.  Killed  at  the  battle  of  Antietam,  Sept.  17,  1862. 

No.  563.  George  Locker.  Received  Oct.  10, 1860,  from  the  United 
Brethren.  Transferred  Jan.  7,  1861,  Central  Pbj.  Phila.  Or- 
dained Feb.  8,  1861,  Pastor  1st  German  Ch.  Transferred  Jan.  16, 
1866,  to  4th  Pby.  Phila.  Transferred  June,  1870,  to  Pby.  Phila. 
Central.     Died  Jan.  24,  1887. 

No.  564.  SilianBonhomme.  Received  Jan.  7,  1861,  Ref.  Pby. 
Phila.     Ordained.     Died  Dec.  30,  1882. 

No.  565.  AlansonHartpence.  Received  .Tan.  7, 1861,  Pby.  Mnncie. 
Dismissed  April  2,  lb61.  2d  Pby.  Phila. 

No.  566.  Robert  J.  O.  Moore.  Received  April  2,  1861.  Licensed 
April  2,  1^66.  Dismissed  Oct.  7,  1867,  Pby.  Coleraine,  Ireland. 
Ordained  July  2,  1869,  Pby.  Bailieborough,  Ireland. 

No.  567.  -Thomas  Johnston.  Received  April  2,  1861.  Licensed 
Jan.  6,  1863.  Dismissed  Jan.  6,  1863,  Pby.  Belfast.  Ordained 
Oct.  22,  1863,  Pby.  Bailieborough,  Ireland. 

No.  568.  Philip  H.  Mowry.  Received  as  a  licentiate  Oct.  1,  1861, 
Pby.  Allegheny  City.  Ordained  and  installed  Oct.  1,  1861,  Fourth 
Ch.  Released  Oct.  15,  1863.  Dismissed  Jan.  11,  1864,  Pby.  Car- 
lisle.    D.D. 

No.  569.  Wm.  Freeland.  Received  as  a  foreign  Minister  on  pro- 
bation Oct.  1,  1861.  To  full  membership  Nov.  10,  1862.  Dismissed 
July  6,  1863,  Ref.  Pby.  New  York. 

No.  570.  F.  Reck  Harbaugh.  Received  Oct.  10,  1861,  Pby.  New- 
ton. Ordained  Oct.  26,  1853,  Pby.  New  Brunswick.  Installed  Oct. 
14,  1861,  Sixth  Ch.  Phila.  Released  Oct.  4,  1869.  Dismissed  Nov. 
11,  1872,  Pby.  Newton. 

No.  571.  James  H.  Baird.  Received  Dec.  2,  1861,  Pby.  Lafayette. 
Installed  Dec.  17,  1861,  Fifteenth  Ch.  Released  Jan.  5,  1863.  Dis- 
missed Oct.  7,  1873,  Pby.  Baltimore. 

No.  572.  Nathaniel  W.  Conkling.  Received  as  a  licentiate  Dec. 
17,   1871,   Pby.  Allegheny  City.     Ordained  and  installed  Dec.  26, 

1861,  Scots  Ch.  Released  April  20,  18*33.  Installed  May  17,  1863, 
Arch  St.  Ch.  Released  and  dismissed  Jan.  6,  1868,  Pby.  New  York. 
D.D. 

No.  573.  Matthew  B.  Grier.  Received  April  1,  1862,  Pby.  Fay- 
etteville.  Ordained  Dec.  3,  1847,  Pby.  Baltimore.  Transferred 
June,  1870,  to  Pby.  Phila.  North.  Received  Oct.  14,  1873.  Dis- 
missed March  4,  1878,  Pby.  Chester.  Received  May  2,  1887,  Pby. 
Chester.     Ed.  Presbyterian.     D.D, 

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No.  574.  Thomas  G.  Wall.  Received  Oct.  7,  1802,  Pby.  Orange. 
Ordained  Oct.  17,  1852,  Pby.  Winchester.  Dismissed  Jan.  26,  l&t)5, 
2d  Pby.  New  York. 

No.  575.  Wm.  C.  Smith.  Received  Nov.  10,  1862,  Pby.  Flint 
River.     Dismissed  April  6,  J 863,  Pby.  Huntingdon. 

No.  576.  Samuel  P.  Herron.  Received  Jan.  5,  1863,  Ref.  Pby. 
Phila.     Dismissed  Oct.  2,  1865,  Pby.  Northumberland. 

No.  577.  "Wm.  McEl-wee.  Received  June  10,  1863,  Big  Spring 
Pby.  U.  P.  Ch.  Installed  June  21,  1863,  Fifteenth  Ch.  Released 
and  dismissed  June  6,  1870,  Pby.  Maumee. 

No.  578.  John  Moore.  Received  Nov.  23, 1863,  Salem  Cong.  Asso., 
Mass.  Installed  Dec.  20,  1863,  South  Ch.  Released  Oct.  29,  1866. 
Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila.  Central  Pby. 

No.  579.  David  A.  Cunningham.  Received  Jan.  11,  1864,  Pby. 
Allegheny.  Installed  Jan.  18,  1864,  Scots  Ch.  Released  and  dis- 
missed to  Central  Pby.  Phila.,  May  24,  1866.  Installed  June  20, 
1866,  Spring  Garden  Ch.  Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila.  Central 
Pby.  Released  April  13,  1876.  Dismissed  Sept.  4,  1876,  Pby. 
Washington,  W.  Va.     D.D. 

No.  580.  Thomas  McCauley.  Received  April  4,  1864,  Pby.  Long 
Island.  Ordained  June  5,  1855,  by  Pby.  Long  Island.  Dismissed 
July  10,  1867,  Pby.  Newton.     D.D. 

No.  581.  Gabriel  S.Thompson,  Received  April  4, 1864.  Licensed 
July  6,  1829.     Dismissed  July  6,  1869,  to  Pby.  Knox. 

No.  582.  Joseph  Thompson.  Received  April  4,  1864.  Licensed 
Dec.  8,  1868.  Ordained  and  dismissed  to  Pby.  Nashville  July  6, 
1869. 

No.  583.  Wm.  H.  Gill.  Received  as  a  candidate  Oct.  3,  1864,  Pby. 
Allegheny  City.  Dismissed  July  2,  1866,  Pby.  Ohio.  Ordained 
June  26,  1867,  Pby.  Blairsville.  Received  Oct.  4,  1886,  Pby.  Bing- 
hamton.     Installed  May  12,  1887,  Evangel  Ch. 

No.  584.  Robert  Irvine.  Received  Oct.  3,  1864,  as  a  foreign  min- 
ister on  probate,  Pby.  Hamilton,  Canada.  Certificate  from  Pby.  of 
Hamilton  endorsed  and  returned  to  that  Pby.  Nov.  21,  1865.     D.D. 

No.  585.  Francis  Heyl,  Jr.  Received  Jan.  2,  1865.  Licensed 
July  8,  1867.  Ordained  July  10,  1867.  Dismissed  Oct.  23,  1868, 
Pby.  Furrukurbad. 

No.  586.  Henry  Reeves.  Received  Jan.  26,  1865,  Pby.  Carlisle. 
Transferred  June,  1870,  Pby.  West  Jersey.  Ordained  Nov.  12, 
1850,  Pby.  Newton. 

No.  587.  Samuel  T.  Lowrie.  Received  May  9,  1865,  Pby.  Hunt- 
ingdon. Ordained  Dec.  8,  1888,  by  Pby.  Huntingdon.  Installed 
Nov.  12,  1865,  Bethany  Ch.  Released  and  dismissed  April  9,  1869, 
2d  Pby.  Philadelphia.  Received  May  6,  1878,  Pby.  Allegheny. 
Dismissed  March  7,  Pby.  New  Brunswick.  Received  April  30, 
1886,  Pby.  New  Brunswick.     D.D. 

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MINISTERS   AND   LICENTIATES. 

No.  588.  John  B.  McCorkell.  Received  July  3,  1865,  Ref.  Pby. 
Chicago.  Ordained  1856.  Installed  July  16,  1865,  Uuion  Ch. 
Released  Sept.  5,  1885. 

No.  589.  Wallace  Radcliff.  Received  as  a  licentiate  Aug.  28, 
1866,  Pby.  New  Brunswick.  Ordained  and  installed  Aug.  28,  1866, 
Woodland  Cli.  Released  Oct.  4,  1870.  Disaiissed  June  3,  1872, 
Pby.  Lehigh.     D.D. 

No.  590.  Wm.  Graham.  Received  as  a  foreign  minister  on  probate 
Oct.  7,  1867,  Pby.  Maitland,  New  S.  Wales.  Full  membership  Oct. 
23,  1868.  Name  struck  from  the  roll  May  5,  1869,  having  with- 
drawn to  the  Episcopal  Ch. 

No.  591.  Prentiss  De  Veuve.  Received  Oct.  19,  1867.  Ordained 
Oct.  15,  1857,  Pby.  New  Brunswick.  Dismissed  Jan.  6,  1868,  3d 
Pby.  Philadelphia.  Received  April  14,  1868,  by  3d  Pby.  Philadel- 
phia.    Dismissed  Oct.  20,  1868,  Pby.  Newark. 

No.  592.  Benjamin  L.  Agne-w.  Received  Jan.  6,  1868,  Pby. 
Blairsville.  Installed  Jan.  20,  1868,  Westminster  Ch.  Released 
and  transferred  to  Central  Pby.  Philadelphia,  May  10,  1870,  In- 
stalled May  22,  1870,  North  Ch*  Transferred  June,  1870,  Philadel- 
phia Central  Pby.  Released  and  dismissed  Dec.  1,  1883,  Pby. 
Pittsburgh.  Received  to  Philadelphia  Central  Pby.  May  5,  1884, 
from  Pby.  Pittsburgh.  Installed  May  12,  1884,  Bethlehem  Ch. 
D.D. 

No.  593.  Wm.  E.  Robeson.  Received  April  6,  1868.  Licensed 
and  dismissed  .June  6,  1876,  Pby.  Lackawanna. 

No.  594.  Samuel  E.  Webster.  Received  as  a  candidate  April  6, 
1868.  Dismissed  April  4,  1871,  Pby.  Westminster.  Ordained  May, 
1871.     D.D. 

No.  595.  John  L.  Withrow.  Received  Dec.  8,  1868,  Second  Pby. 
Phila.  Ordained  May  22, 1863,  Second  Pby.  Phila.  Installed  Dec. 
1868,  Arch  Street  Church.  Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila.  Central 
Pby.  Released  and  dismissed  Sept.  22,  1873,  Pby.  Indianapolis. 
Received  by  Phila.  Central  Pby.  April  2,  1878,  from  Pby.  Indiana- 
polis.    Dismissed  Oct.  5,  1880,  Cong.  Asso.  Boston,  Mass.     D.D. 

No.  596.  Wm.  M.  Dorlard.  Received  Dec.  8,  1868,  Pby.  Ca- 
tawba.    Died  Aug.  24,  1884. 

No.  597.  Robert  Davidson.  Received  Jan.  4,  1869,  Pby.  Long 
Island.  Ordained  March,  1832,  Pby.  West  Lexington.  Died  April 
6,  1876.     D.D. 

No.  598.  Elias  R.  Beadle.  Received  to  Central  Pby.  Phila.,  Nov. 
6,  1865,  Pby.  Rochester  City.  Ordained  1835.  Installed  Nov.  12, 
1865,  Second  Church.  Received  with  Second  Church  by  transfer 
Oct.  23,  1868.     Died  Jan.  6,  1879.     D.D. 

No.  599.  John  W.  E.  Ker.  Received  April  5,  1869,  Pby.  Northum- 
berland. Ordained  Aug.  16,  1842,  Pby.  West  Jersey.  Died  Aug. 
12,  1879. 

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No.  600.  Henry  B.  Ensworth.  Received  May  .5,  18G9,  from  Cong. 
Church.  Name  dropped,  liaviiig  withdrawn  to  Episcopal  Church, 
Jan.  6,  1874. 

No.  GOl.  D.  Hopkins  Emerson.  Received  Oct.  4,  1869,  Pbj. 
Wilmington.  Installed  Oct.  17,  1869,  Mariners'  Ch.  Released 
April  26,  1872.     Died  July  5,  1883.     D.D. 

No.  602.  Alexander  Sinclair.  Received  Oct.  4,  1869,  Pby.  Con- 
cord.    Dismissed  Dec.  14,  1869,  Pby.  Meadville. 

No.  603.  Thomas  B.  Neill.  Received  Oct.  4,  1869,  Pby.  South 
Carolina.  Ordained  1854,  Pby.  Georgia.  Dismissed  April  15, 1872, 
Pby.  Arkansas. 

No.  604.  James  Russell  Miller.  Received  Dec.  14,  1869,  U.  P. 
Pby.  Mercer.  Ordained  1867.  Installed  Jan.  17,  1870,  Bethany 
Ch.  Released  and  dismissed  Oct.  15,  1878,  Pby.  Rock  River.  Re- 
ceived Oct.  4,  1880,  Pby.  Rock  River.  Installed  April  23,  1882, 
Holland  Mem.  Ch.  Released  Sept.  3,  1883.  Ed.  Supt.  Pres.  Bd. 
Pub.  and  S.  S.  Work.     D.D. 

No.  605.  Henry  C.  McCook.  Received  Jan.  3,  1870,  Pby.  St. 
Louis.  Ordained  1861.  Installed  Jan.  18,  1870,  Seventh,  now 
Tabernacle,  Ch.     D.D. 

No.  606.  John  P.  Conkey.  Received  April  4,  1870.  Ordained 
Nov.  5,  1858,  Pby.  Dubuque.  Installed  April  12,  1870,  Sixth  Ch. 
Released  April  15,  1872.  Dismissed  April  29,  1872,  Pby.  New 
Castle. 

No.  607.  Charles  Bro-wn.  Received  by  2d  Pby.  Phila.,  as  a 
candidate,  April  16,  1833.  Licensed  April  18,  1833.  Ordained 
June  30,  1833.  Dismissed  July  24,  1834,  Pby.  Lewes.  Received 
to  3d  Pby.  Phila.,  April  4,  1843.  Transferred  by  division  of  Pby. 
Oct.  23,  1845,  to  4th  Pby.  Phila.  Installed  April  11,  1849,  Logan 
Square  Ch.  Released  Feb.  6,  1855.  Transferred  Oct.  19,  1855,  3d 
Pby.  Phila.     Transferred  to  Phila.  Pby.  June,  1870. 

No.  608.  Geo.  R.  Moore.  Received  June,  1870,  Pby.  Cedar  Rapids. 
Dismissed  Apiil  2,  1873,  Pby.  Cedar  Rapids. 

No.  609.  David  Malin.  Received  by  3d  Pby.  Phila.,  May  30, 
1843,  Pby.  Cayuga.  Ordained  April  25,  1838.  Transferred  Oct. 
23,  1845,  4th  Pby.  Phila.  by  division  of  Pby.  Transferred  June, 
1870,  Phila.  Pby.  Installed  Nov.  6,  1870,  Fifteenth  Ch.  Released 
May  6,  1878.     Died  Dec.  25,  1885.     D.D. 

No.  610.  James  Boggs.  Received  to  Fourth  Pby.  Phila.,  April  15, 
1857,  Pby.  Fort  Wayne.  Ordained  1838.  Installed  IVIay  19,  1857, 
Fairfield  First  Ch.  Released  Oct.  17,  1866.  Transferred  June, 
1870,  to  Pby.  Phila.     Died  April  2,  1888. 

No.  611.  Benjamin  B.  Parsons.  Received  to  Third  Pby.  Phila./ 
Nov.  9,  1868,  Pby.  Lexington.  Installed  Feb.  7.  1869,  Cedar  St. 
Ch.  Transferred  to  Phila.  Pby.  June,  1870.  Released  Dec.  19, 
1870.  Dismissed  to  Phila.  Central  Pby.  Oct.  27,  1873.  Died  Feb. 
25,  1887.  D.D. 
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No.  612.  Daniel  March.  Received  to  Third  Pby.  Pliila.  Feb.  21, 
1862,  Woburu  Asso.,  Mass.  Ordained  1845.  Installed  Feb.  23, 
1862,  Clinton  St.  Ch.  Transferred  to  PMla.  Pby.  June,  1870.  Re- 
leased Nov.  15,  1872.     D.D. 

No.  613.  Andrew  Culver.  Received  to  Fourth  Pby.  Phila.,  Sept. 
22,  1846.  Licensed  April  15,  1847.  Ordained  1847,  Manayunk  Ch. 
Released  Nov.  12,  1867.  Installed  Nov.  18,  1867,  Southwark  First 
Church.  Transferred  to  Pby.  Phila.  June,  1870.  Released  Nov.  14, 
1870.    Installed  March  21,  1878,  Grace  Ch. 

No.  614.  John  M'Leod.  Received  to  Fourth  Pby.  Phila.,  April 
15,  1846.  Licensed  April  16,  1846.  Dismissed  Oct.  20,  1847,  Pby. 
New  York.  Ordained  1847.  Received  to  Fourth  Pby.  Phila.  Oct. 
21,  1857,  Third  Pby.  New  York.  Installed  1866,  Southwestern 
Ch.  Transferred  to  Phila.  Pby.  June,  1870.  Released  Feb.  4, 
1884. 

No.  615.  John  "W.  Dulles.  Received  to  Fourth  Pby.  April  12, 
1848.  Licensed  April  13,  1848.  Ordained  Oct.  2,  1848.  Missionary 
in  India  1848-52.  Sec.  Pres.  Bd.  Pub.  Transferred  to  Pby.  Phila. 
June,  1870.     Died  April  13,  1887.     D.D. 

No.  616.  Edward  B.  Bruen.  Received  to  4th  Pby.  Phila.  as  a 
licentiate  June  20,  1848,  Third  Pby.  New  York.  Ordained  and 
installed  June  25,  1848,  Southwark  First  Ch.  Released  March  16, 
1858.  Transferred  June,  1870,  Pby.  Phila.  Installed  March  16, 
1876,  South  St.  Ch.,  now  Church  of  the  Atonement. 

No.  617.  James  E.  Miller.  Received  Pby.  St.  Paul,  June,  1870. 
Ordained  April  24,  1850,  Pby.  Newton.  Dismissed  April  4,  1871, 
Pby.  St.  Paul. 

No.  618.  Samuel  Caldwell.  Received  June,  1870,  Pby.  Ohio. 
Dismissed  Dec.  5,  1881,  Pby.  Pittsburgh. 

No.  619.     Richard  H.  Allen.      Received   to  Fourth  Pby.   Phila., 

April  10,  1867,  Pby.  Nashville.  Installed  April  21,  1867,  Third 
Ch.  Transferred  June,  1870,  to  Phila.  Pby.  Released  Sept.  6, 
1880.     Sec.  Bd.  of  Missions  for  Freedmen.     D.D. 

No.  620.  Zephaniah  M.  Humphrey.  Received  to  3d  Pby.  Phil- 
adelphia April  27,  1868,  Pby.  Chicago.  Installed  May  18,  1868, 
Calvary  Ch.  Transferred  June,  1870,  Pby.  Philadelphia.  Released 
June  21,  1875.     Dismissed  Sept.  6,  1875,  Pby.  Cincinnati.     D.D. 

No.  621.  Albert  Henry  Barns.  Received  to  4th  Pby.  Philadel- 
phia, as  a  licentiate  June  18,  1854,  New  Haven  Eastern  Asso.  Dis- 
missed Oct.  26,  1854,  Pby.  Pennsylvania.  Ordained  Dec.  6,  1854. 
Received  to  4th  Pby.  Philadelphia  April  10,  1860.  Transferred 
Oct.  22,  1862,  3d  Pby.  Philadelphia.  Transferred  June,  1870,  Pby. 
Philadelphia.     Died  May  6,  1878. 

No.  622.  Samuel  "W.  Crittenden.  Received  to  3d  Pby.  Phila.  Oct. 
21,  1862.  Ordained  April  29, 1856,  Pby.  Bedford.  Installed  Jan.  18, 
1863,  pastor  Darby  2d  Ch.     Released  April  13,  1865.     Transferred 

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to  Pby.  Phila.  Jnne,  1870.  Dismissed  Oct.  13,  1871,  Pby.  New 
York.  Received  Oct.  18,  1874,  Pby.  New  York.  Died  March  1, 
1884. 

No.  623.  Herrick  Johnson.  Received  and  installed  by  4th  Pby. 
Phila.  June  4,  1868,  First  Ch.  Transferred  June,  1870,  to  Phila. 
Pby.  Released  Oct.  27,  1873.  Dismissed  Jan.  6,  1874,  Pby.  Cay- 
uga.    D.D. 

No.  624.  John  B.  Reeve.  Received  by  4th  Pby.  Phila.  May  30, 
1861.  Ordained  and  installed  June  4,  1861,  Lombard  St.  Central 
Ch.  Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila.  Pby.  Released  Sept.  4,  1871. 
Installed  Sept.  25,  1875,  Lombard  St.  Central  Ch.     D.D. 

No.  625.  Stephen  W.  Dana.  Received  by  4th  Pby.  Phila.  as  a 
licentiate  April  10,  1867.  Ordained  and  installed  April  11,  1867, 
Belvidere  2d  Ch.  Released  and  dismissed  June  4,  1868,  3d  Pby. 
Phila.  Installed  Sept.  21,  1868,  Walnut  St.  Ch.  Transferred 
June,  1870,  Pby.  Phila.     D.D. 

No.  626.  "Wm.  Hutton.  Received  by  4th  Pby.  Phila.  April  11, 
1866.  Licensed  April  11,  1867.  Ordained  Oct.  27,  1867.  Installed 
Nov.  5,  1868,  Greenwich  St.  Ch.  Transferred  June,  1870,  Pby. 
Phila. 

No.  627.     J.  Henry  Sharpe.     Received  by  4th  Pby.  Phila.  April 

12,  1870.  Installed  May  15,  1870,  Wharton  St.  Ch.  Transferred 
June,  1870,  Phila.  Pby.  Released  Nov.  16,  1874.  Dismissed  March 
7,  1881,  Pby.  Phila.  Central.  Installed  April  1,  1881,  Hestonville 
Ch.     D.D. 

No.  628.     Brown  Emerson.     Received  to  4th   Pby.   Phila.  April 

13,  1864,  Worcester  Asso.  Mass.  Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila. 
Pby.     Dismissed  April  15,  1872,  Pby.  New  York. 

No.  629.     James  C.  Davis.     Received  and  licensed  Oct.  31,  1870. 

Dismissed  Oct.  31,  1870,  Pby.  Union. 
No.  630.     Jesse  Kelly.    Received  as  a  candidate  Dec.  1,  1870.    Dis- 
missed April  24,  1874.     Pby.  Tennessee. 
No.  631.     John  M.  McCahan.     Received  Dec.  1,  1870.     Licensed 

Jan.  6,  1879.     Ordained  May  11,  1879. 
No.  632.     Gerald  F.  Dale,  Jr.     Received  April  4,  1871.     Licensed 

April  2,  1872.     Ordained  May  8,  1873.     Missionary  to  Syria.     Died 

Oct.  6,  1886. 
No.  633.     Norman  "W.  Gary.     Received  April  4,  1871.     Licensed 

April  2,  1872.     Ordained  May  8,  1873.     Dismissed  June  6,  1876, 

Pby.  St.  Paul. 
No.  634.     Frederick  W.  March.    Received  April  4,  1871.  Licensed 

April  2,  1872.     Ordained  May  22,  1873,  missionary  to  Syria. 
No.  635.     Charles  D.  Emerson.     Received  as  a  candidate  April  4, 

1871.     Dismissed  Oct.  6,  1874,  Pby.  Cayuga. 

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No.  636.  Wm.  P.  Patterson.  Received  Oct.  3,  1871.  Licensed 
May  7,  1877.  Dismissed  June  4,  1877,  Pby.  New  Brunswick.  Or- 
dained June  12,  1877. 

No.  637.  Samuel  P.  Linn.  Received  Oct.  13,  1871,  Pby.  Chester. 
Dismissed  April  26,  1872,  Pby.  Northumberland.  Received  Jan. 
12,  1874,  Pby.  Northumberland.  Dismissed  April  2,  1877,  Pby. 
Louisiana.     Died  1887. 

No.  638.  Edwin  P.  Fulton.  Received  Dec.  4,  1871.  Licensed 
May  4,  1875.     Dismissed  Oct.  4,  1875,  Pby.  Westminster. 

No.  639.  Wm.  G.  Hillman.  Received  Jan.  2,  1872,  Pby.  Balti- 
more. Installed  Jan.  14,  1872,  Westminster  Ch.  Released  and 
dismissed  April  20,  1874,  Pby.  North  River. 

No.  640.  Louis  R.  Fox.  Received  Jan.  15,  1872,  Pby.  Washing- 
ton City.  Ordained  April  28,  1864.  Installed  Jan.  25,  1872,  Tenth 
Ch.  Released  June  8,  1874.  Dismissed  Oct.  1,  1877,  Pby.  Mon- 
mouth. 

No.  641.  Gordon  Mitchell.  Received  as  a  licentiate  April  2, 
1872,  New  York  and  Brooklyn  Cong.  Asso.  Ordained  and  installed 
April  26,  1872,  Cedar  St.  Ch.  Released  Nov.  1,  1875.  Dismissed 
Jan.  5,  1878,  Pby.  Westchester.     Died  Feb.  5,  1878. 

No.  642.  Wm.  F.  Garrett.  Received  April  15,  1872.  Licensed 
June  3,  1872.     Ordained  Nov.  12,  1874. 

No.  643.     A.  Vincent  Group.      Received  and  licensed  April  15, 

1872.  Ordained  and  installed  July  9,  1872,  Mariners'  Ch.     Died 
June  22,  1879. 

No.  644.     Albert  N.   Kergwin.      Received  April  29,   1872,  Pby. 

Cedar  Rapids.     Ordained  1867,  Pby.  Rock  River.     Installed  May 

2,  1872,  Southwark  First  Ch.     Released   and  dismissed   Oct.    15, 

1878,  Pby.  New  Castle. 
No.  645.     Charles  F.  Leaman.     Received  Oct.  1,  1872.     Licensed 

Jan.  8,  1874.     Ordained  June  17,  1874.     Dismissed  Jan.  5,  1875, 

Pby.  Shanghai. 
No.  646.     William  R.  Templeton.     Received  and  licensed  July  1, 

1873.  Dismissed  April  24,  1874,  Pby.  Lehigh. 

No.  647.  Wm.  S.  Heindel.  Received  Feb.  3,  1873.  Licensed 
April  8,  1873.     Dismissed  March  16,  1874,  Pby.  Louisville. 

No.  648.  Henry  L.  Bunstein.  Received  as  a  licentiate  Feb.  10, 
1873.  Ordained  and  installed  Feb.  25,  1873,  Clinton  St.  Ch.  Re- 
leased Nov.  2,  1876.  Dismissed  April  9,  1879,  Pby.  Northumber- 
land. 

No.  649.  Wm.  Boyd.  Received  April  2,  1873.  Licensed  May  4, 
1875.  Dismissed  June  5,  1876,  Pby.  Chester.  Ordained  June  21, 
1876. 

No.  650.  Reading  B.  Johns.  Received  April  8,  1873,  Hartford 
Central  Cong.  Asso.     Ordained  April,  1866,  Pby.   Elizabethtown. 

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Installed  April  26,  1873,  African  First  Ch.  Released  March  17, 
1879.     Dismissed. 

No.  651.  John  Chambers.  Received  as  an  independent  minister 
with  his  church  Oct.  10,  1873.  Ordained  and  installed  pastor  May, 
1825,  First  Independent  Ch.  Name  changed  on  its  reception  hy 
Pby.  to  Chambers  Ch.     Died  Sept.  22,  1875.     D.D. 

No.  652.  J.  Gray  Bolton.  Received  Oct.  27,  1873.  Licensed  May 
4,  1875.     Ordained  .Jane  29,  1875,  Hope  Mission. 

No.  653.  Lawrence  M.  Colfelt.  Received  March  19,  1S74,  Pby. 
Monmouth.  Ordained  May  9,  1872.  Installed  March  29,  1874, 
First  Ch.  Released  March  3,  1884.  Dismissed  Feb.  2,  1885,  Phila. 
Central  Pby.     Installed  Feb.  15,  1885,  Oxford  Ch.     D.D. 

No.  654.  Hamilton  B.  Holmes.  Received  May  11,  1874,  Pby. 
North  River.     Dismissed  Oct.  1,  1877,  Pby.  Long  Island. 

No.  655.  "Wm.  Y.  Brown.  Received  .Tune  8,  1874.  Ordained 
June  15,  1853,  Pby.  New  Lisbon.  Dismissed  Oct.  12,  1874,  Pby. 
Chester.     Received  .Tan.  2,  1888,  Pby.  New  York.     D.D. 

No.  656.  George  T.  Furves.  Received  June  15,  1874.  Licensed 
Mav  2,  1876.  Dismissed  April  2,  1877,  Pby.  Chester.  Ordained 
April  27,  1877. 

No.  657.  David  "Winters.  Received  July  7,  1874,  Pby.  Jersey 
City.  Ordained  April  30,  1872.  Installed  July  19,  1874,  West- 
minster Ch.  Released  and  dismissed  Dec.  5,  1881,  Pby.  Grenessee 
Valley. 

No.  658.     "Wm.  T.  Kruse.     Received  Oct.  12,  1874.     Licensed  May 

2,  1881.  Dismissed  Sept.  5,  1881,  Pby.  Chester.  Ordained  Sept. 
6,  1881. 

No.  659.  George  H.  Pool.  Received  Nov.  16,  1874,  Classis  Ber- 
gess.  Installed  Jan.  17,  1875,  Fourth  Ch.  Released  June  4,  1877. 
Died  Feb.  3,  1881. 

No.  660.  Wm.  W.  Taylor.  Received  to  2d  Pby.  Phila.  (Assem- 
bly's), April  13,  1836.  Licensed  May  19,  1836.  Ordained  May  13, 
1838.  Dismissed  June  5,  1840,  Pby.  Pittsburgh.  Received  to  4th 
Pby.  Phila.  Oct.  19,  1847,  Pby.  Portage.  Installed,  1848,  Green 
Hill  Ch.  Released  April  27,  1854.  Dismissed  Feb.  6,  1855,  Pby. 
Geneva.     Received  to  3d  Pby.  Phila.  Oct.  31,  1861.     Installed  Nov. 

3,  1861,  Olivet  Ch.  Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila.  Central.  Pas- 
toral relation  dissolved  May  15,  1871.  Dismissed  April  2,  1872, 
Pby.  Carlisle.  Received  to  Phila.  Pby.  Feb.  1,  1875.  Pby.  Car- 
lisle.    Dismissed  April  3,  1876,  Pby.  New  Castle. 

No.  661.  Joseph  H.  Dulles.  Received  May  3,  1875.  Licensed 
May  7, 1877.  Ordained  Dec.  9,  1877.  Dismissed  Dec.  6, 1880,  Pby. 
Newton. 

No.  662.  James  W.  Lavatt.  Received  as  a  candidate  Oct.  12, 
1874.     Withdrawn  to  Methodist  Episcopal  Ch. 

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No.  663.  Augustus  "W.  Williams.  Received  Sept.  6,  1875,  Pbj. 
Indianapolis.  Ordained  1873.  Installed  Oct.  5,  1875,  Wharton 
St.  Ch.     Released  Oct.  5,  1885. 

No.  664.     Francis  J.  Grimke.     Received  as  a  candidate  Oct.  4, 

1875.  Dismissed  May  6,  1878,  Pbj.  Washington. 

No.  665.  Charles  A.  Dickey.  Received  Dec.  6,  1875,  Pby.  St. 
LouiSi  Ordained  April,  1862.  Installed  Dec.  19,  1875,  Calvary 
Ch.     D.D. 

No.  666.  Andrevsr  Macfarlane.  Received  Feb.  7,  1876.  Licensed 
May  2,  1876.  Dismissed  Jan.  3,  1881,  Pby.  Idaho.  Ordained  1881. 
Received  April  7,  1884.     M.D. 

No.  667.  Henry  C.  Westwood.  Received  March  6,  1876,  Pby. 
Westminster.  Installed  March  19,  1876,  Chambers  Ch.  Released 
Oct.  7,  1878.     Dismissed  Nov.  1,  1880,  Pby.  Highland.     D.D. 

No.  668.  Benjamin  F.  Clark.  Received  May  2,  1876.  Licensed 
May  7,  1878. 

No.   669.     "Wm.   B.    Robeson.     Licensed  and  dismissed  .June  6, 

1876,  Pby.  Lackawanna. 

No.  670.  John  De  Witt.  Received  Sept.  3,  1876,  Boston  Cong. 
Asso.  Installed  Oct.  12,  1876,  Tenth  Ch.  Released  June  5,  1882. 
Dismissed  Dec.  19,  1883,  Pby.  Cincinnati.     D.D. 

No.  671.  D.  P.  Lindsley.  Received  as  a  licentiate  Feb.  5,  1877- 
Dismissed  March  4,  1878,  Pby.  Boston. 

No.  672.  George  Benaugh.  Received  Oct.  1,  1877,  Pby.  Lehigh. 
Ordained  .July  25,  1873.  Installed  Nov.  14,  1877,  Fourth  Ch.  Re- 
leased and  dismissed  Sept.  20,  1880,  Pby.  Huntingdon.  Received 
May  4,  1885,  Pby.  Huntingdon.  Dismissed  April  2,  1888,  Pby. 
Portsmouth.     D.D. 

No.  673.     David  Hazel.     Received  as  a  licentiate  Oct.  1,  1877,  Ref. 

Pby.  Phila.     Dismissed  Oct.  3,  1881,  Pby.  Huntingdon.     Ordained 

1881.     Received  .Jan.  8,  1883,  Pby.  Huntingdon. 
No.  674.     Allen  Macy  Dulles.     Received  May  6,  1878.     Licensed 

May  5,  1879.     Dismissed  to  Pby.  Detroit,  Nov.  7,  1881. 

No.  675.  William  Nesbit  Cashman.  Received  as  a  candidate 
May  6,  1878. 

No.  676.  Henry  Neill.  Received  July  7,  1878,  Pby.  New  Bruns- 
wick.    Died  April  21,  1879.     D.D. 

No.  677.  Alexander  Thompson.  Received  Sept.  2,  1878,  Pby. 
Neosho.     Dismissed  Nov.  1,  1880,  Pby.  Highland. 

No.  678.  Thomas  E.  Souper.  Received  Nov.  4,  1878,  Pby.  Mor- 
ris and  Orange.     Dismissed  Oct.  4,  1880,  Pby.  Morris  and  Orange. 

No.  679.  Harris  Rogers  Schenck.  Received  as  a  candidate  Dec. 
2,  1878.  Dismissed  April  18,  1881,  Pby.  West  Chester.  Ordained 
June  7,  1881,  Pby.  Westchester. 

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No.  680.  Johnson  HubbeU.  Received  as  a  candidate  Jan.  6,  1879. 
Licensed  Oct.  6,  1879.  Dismissed  Dec.  6, 1880,  Reformed  Episcopal 
Church. 

No.  681.  John  M'Millan.  Received  Feb.  3,  1879,  Pbj.  Redstone. 
Installed  Feb.  13,  1879,  Fifteenth  Ch.     Died  Aug.  30,  1882.     D.D. 

No.  682.  John  C.  Thompson.  Received  Feb.  3,  1879,  Pby.  Balti- 
more. Installed  Feb.  11,  1879,  Southwark  First  Ch.  Released  Oct. 
10,  1880.  Installed  April  22,  1883,  South  Broad  St.  Ch.  Trans- 
ferred and  installed  June  28,  1885,  Scots  Church.  Ordained  May, 
1880,  Pby.  New  Castle. 

No.  683.  Francis  Ed-ward  Smiley.  Received  as  a  candidate  May 
5,  1879.  Licensed  May  4,  1885.  Ordained  and  installed  April  30, 
1886,  Wharton  Street  Church. 

No.  684.  Wm.  P.  Breed,  Jr.  Received  as  a  candidate  June  2, 1879. 
Licensed  May  1,  1882.     Dismissed  Sept.  3,  1883,  Pby.  Chester. 

No.  685.  Richard  Montgomery.  Received  as  a  candidate  Sept.  1, 
1879.  Licensed  May  1,  1882.  Dismissed  Dec.  3,  1882,  Pby.  Phila- 
delphia North. 

No.  686.  John  M.  P.  Otts.  Received  Dec.  1, 1879,  Pby.  New  Castle. 
Installed  Dec.  14,  1879,  Chambers  Ch.  Released  April  2,  1883. 
Dismissed  Nov.  3,  1884,  Pby.  S.  Alabama.     D.D. 

No.  687.  I.  V.  "W.  Schenck.  Received  Jan.  5,  1880,  Pby.  New 
Brunswick.  Ordained  May  18,  1869,  Pby.  New  Brunswick.  In- 
stalled Jan.  13,  1850,  Eastburn  Mariners'  Ch.  Released  April  8, 
1883.    Dismissed  March  3,  1884,  to  Pby.  of  Wisconsin  River. 

No.  688.  James  B.  Dunn.  Received  Feb.  16,  1880,  Pbv.  Boston. 
Installed  Feb.  18,  1880,  Bethany  Ch.  Released  May  1,  1882.  Or- 
dained 1862.     D.D. 

No.  689.  "Wm.  G.  Jenkins.  Received  as  a  licentiate  Sept.  6,  1880, 
Pby.  Cleveland. 

No.  690.  Richard  A.  Greene.  Received  Dec.  6,  1880,  as  a  candi- 
date. Licensed  May  1,  1882.  Dismissed  June  7,  1886,  Pby.  Phila- 
delphia North. 

No.  691.  Brown  H.  Emerson.  Received  Dec.  13, 1880,  Presbytery 
of  Boston.     Ordained  by  Pby.  of  Hudson,  Sept.  30,  1873. 

No.  692.  "Wm.  B.  Cullis.  Received  Jan.  10,  1881,  Pby.  Philada. 
Central.  Installed  Jan.  18,  1881,  Southwark  First  Ch.  Released 
March  6,  1882.     Name  dropped  from  Roll  Oct.  2,  1882. 

No.  693.  James  Robinson.  Received  Feb.  7,  1881,  Pby.  Lehigh. 
Installed  Feb.  14,  1881,  Fourth  Ch.  Released  Sept.  5,  1885.  Or- 
dained May  4,  1875,  Pby.  Lehigh.     M.D. 

No.  694.  John  S.  Macintosh.  Received  March  1,  1881,  Pby.  Bel- 
fast. Installed  March  17,  1881,  Second  Ch.  Ordained  Nov.  5, 
1862.     D.D. 

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No.  695.  "Willis  B.  Skillman.  Received  as  a  licentiate  Marcli  7, 
1881,  Pbj.  New  Brunswick.  Ordained  and  installed  March  15, 
1881,  Tabor  Church. 

No.  696.  Wm.  M.  Baker.  Received  Sept.  5,  1881,  Fhy.  Boston. 
Installed  Nov.  3,  1881,  South  Ch.  Released  Feb.  19,  1883.  Died 
Aug.  20,  1883.     Ordained  1850.     D.D. 

No.  697.  Hughs  O.  Gibbons.  Received  Sept.  5,  1881,  Pby.  Balti- 
more.    Installed  Oct.  11,  1881,  Third  Ch.     Ordained  1875. 

No.  698.  William  "Walker.  Received  as  a  candidate  Oct.^,  1881. 
Licensed  June  16,  1887.     Dismissed  Nov.  7,  1887,  Pby.  Saginaw. 

No.  699.  "Wm.  N.  Richie.  Received  April  3,  1882,  U.  P.  Pby. 
New  York.  Installed  April  25,  1882,  Westminster  Ch.  Released 
Feb.  2,  1885.    Installed  June  22,  1886,  Fourth  Ch.    Ordained  1877. 

No.  700.     James  H.  IToung.     Received  as  a  candidate  May  1,  1882. 

No.  701.  J.  Frederick  Dripps.  Received  June  5,  1882,  Pby.  Phil- 
ada.  North.  Installed  June  6,  1882,  Clinton  Street  Immanuel  Ch. 
Released  June  7,  1886.  Ordained  March  7,  1870,  Second  Pby. 
Philadelphia.     D.D. 

No.  702.     John  Fraser.     Received  as  a  candidate  Sept.  4,  1882. 

No.  703.     Peter  Rioseco.     Received  as  a  candidate  Sept.  4,  1882. 

No.  704.  Robert  H.  Kirk.  Received  as  a  candidate  Sept.  4,  1882. 
Dismissed  Feb.  4,  1884,  Pby.  Philada.  Central. 

No.  705.  Albert  S.  Mays.  Received  Nov.  6, 1882.  Installed  Dec. 
21,  1884,  African  First  Ch.  Released  June  6,  1887.  Dismissed  Sept. 
5,  1887,  Pby.  Troy. 

No.  706.  Wm.  S.  Thompson.  Received  Dec.  3, 1882,  Pby.  Phila- 
da. Central.  Installed  Dec.  17,  1882,  Southwark  First  Ch.  Re- 
leased April  7,  1884.  Dismissed  April  7,  1884,  Pby.  Philada. 
North. 

No.  707.  William  F.  S.  Nelson.  Received  as  a  candidate  Feb. 
19,  1883. 

No.  708.  Wm.  Brenton  Greene,  Jr.  Received  May  7,  1883,  Pby. 
Boston.    Installed  May  14,  1883,  Tenth  Ch.    Ordained  June  3,  1880. 

No.  709.  Duncan  M.  Young.  Received  May  7,  1883,  from  the 
Baptist  Church.     Dismissed  April  7,  1884,  Pby.  Baltimore. 

No.  710.  Charles  Wadsworth,  Jr.  Received  and  licensed  June 
3,  1883.     Dismissed  June  7,  1886,  Pby.  Philada.  Central. 

No.  711.  Arthur  T.  Pierson.  Received  Nov.  5,  1883,  Pby.  Indian- 
apolis. Installed  Nov.  25,  1883,  Bethany  Ch.  Ordained  May  13, 
1860.     D.D. 

No.  712.  Wm.  L.  Ledwith.  Received  Nov.  5,  1883,  Pby.  West- 
minster. Installed  Nov.  22,  1883,  South  Ch.  Ordained  June  27, 
1877,  Pby.  Westminster. 

No.  713.  Martin  L.  Ross.  Received  Nov.  5,  1883,  Pby.  Philada. 
Central.    Installed  Nov.  19, 1883,  Fifteenth  Church  (name  changed 

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to  Evangel).  Released  June  7,  1886.  DismissedJune  7, 1886,  Pbj. 
AVestminster. 

No.  714.  "Win.  M.  Paden.  Received  as  a  licentiate  Nov.  5,  1883, 
Pby.  Washington.  Ordained  and  installed  Nov.  20,  1883,  Holland 
Mem.  Ch. 

No.  715.  Walter  W.  Hammond.  Received  Dec.  3,  1883,  from 
the  Baptist  Church.  Dismissed  Sept.  7,  1885,  Pby.  Philada. 
North.     D.D. 

No.  71?.  John  C.  Gunther.  Received  Feb.  4,  1884,  Pby.  High- 
land.    Dismissed  April  6,  1885,  Pby.  Newark. 

No.  717.  Edwin  D.  Newberry.  Received  March  3,  1884,  Pby. 
Philada.  Central.     Dismissed  Oct.  4,  1886,  Pby.  New  Castle. 

No.  718.  Henry  F.  Lee.  Received  May  5,  1884,  Pby.  Philada. 
North.  Installed  May  20,  1884,  Eastburn  Mariners'  Ch.  Ordained 
April  26,  1860,  Second  Pby.  Philada. 

No.  719.  Thomas  A.  Hoyt.  Received  May  5,  1884,  Pby.  Nash- 
ville. Installed  May  11,  1884,  Chambers  Church.  Ordained  1852. 
D.D. 

No.  720.     George  F.  Harper.    Received  as  a  candidate  June  2, 1884. 

No.  721.  Alexander  "Waddell.  Received  as  a  candidate  June  2, 
1884.  Licensed  May  30,  1886.  Dismissed  Feb.  6,  1888,  Pby. 
Philada.  North. 

No.  722.  Irwin  P.  M' Curdy.  Received  June  16, 1884,  Pby.  Balti- 
more. Ordained  July  8,  1881,  by  Pby.  of  Baltimore.  Installed 
June  29,  1884,  Southwestern  Ch.     D.D. 

No.  723.  Frederick  S.  Curtis.  Received  as  a  candidate  Sept.  1, 
1884.  Licensed  June  7,  1886.  Ordained  June  16,  1887.  Mission- 
ary to  Japan. 

No.  724.     Arthur  Morrow.     Received  as  a  candidate  Oct.  7,  1884. 

No.  725.     William  Nelson.     Received  as  a  candidate  Oct.  7,  1884. 

No.  726.  George  D.  Baker.  Received  Jan.  5,  1885,  Pby.  Detroit. 
Installed  Jan.  18,  1885,  First  Ch.  Ordained  June  29, 1864,  by  Pby. 
Watertown.     D.D. 

No.  727.  James  B.  Macool.  Received  Jan.  5, 1885,  Philada.  Pby. 
Ref.  Pres.  Ch.  Installed  Jan.  11,  1885,  Southwark  First  Ch.  Re- 
leased Jan.  5,  1886.     Dismissed  Feb.  7, 1887,  Pby.  New  Brunswick. 

No.  728.  Daniel  W.  Poor.  Received  Feb.  5,  1885,  Pby.  Philada. 
Central.     Ordained  1843.     Sec.  Bd.  Education.     D.D. 

No.  729.  Charles  I.  Stevens.  Received  as  a  candidate  March  2, 
1885. 

No.  730.  James  G.  Wood.  Received  as  a  candidate  March  2, 
1885. 

No.  731.  Edmund  Morris  Fergusson.  Received  as  a  candidate 
April  6,  1885.     Licensed  June  1,  1885.     Dismissed  April  5,  1886, 

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Pby.  W.  Jersey.    Received  Nov.  7,  1887,  Pby.  W.  Jersey.    Ordained 

1886. 
No.  732.     Henry  J.  Weber.     Received  April  13,  1885,  Pby.  Phila 

Central,     b.  S,  Cliurcli  of  Peace  (German).     Ordained  1875. 
No.  733.     Bentley  S.  Foster.     Received  May  4,  1885.     Dismissed 

Dec.  7,  1885,  Pby.  Monmoutb. 
No.  734.     Thomas  C.  Horton.      Received  May  4,  1885,  Pby.  St. 

Paul.     Ordained  1884.     Installed  May  24,  1885,  Assistant  Pastor 

Betbany  Cb.     Released  April  16,  1888. 
No.  735.     Rufus  B.  Marks.     Licensed  June  1,  1885. 
No.  736.     Theodorus  W.  J.  Wylie.     Received  Sept.  7,  1885,  Ref. 

Pby.  Pbila.,  witli  Wylie  Mem.  Cii.    Ordained  and  installed  Oct.  26, 

1843,  Reformed  Pby.  Phila.     D.D. 
No.  737.     Robert  Ellis  Thompson.     Received  Sept.  7,  1885,  Ref. 

Pby.  Phila.     Ordained  1874.     D.D. 
No.  738.     John  Faires.     Received  as  a  licentiate  Sept.  7,  1885,  Ref. 

Pby.  Phila.     D.D. 
No.  739.    "Wm.  F  Gibbons.    Received  as  a  candidate  Sept.  5, 1885. 
No.  740.     Uriah  F.  Smiley.     Received  as  a  candidate  Dec.  7, 1885. 
No.  741.     John  Kirkpatrick.    Received  Jan.  4, 1886,  Pby.  Toronto. 

Installed  Jan.  25,  1886,  Westminster  Ch.     Ordained  May  28,  1868, 

Pby.  Ballibay,  Ireland. 
No.  742.     Louis  F.  Benson.    Received  as  a  candidate  April  5,  1886. 

Licensed  June  7,  1886.     Dismissed  May  7,  1888,  Pby.  Phila.  North. 
No.  743.      Charles  J.  Junkin.      Received  as  a  candidate  April   5, 

1886.     Licensed  June  7,  1^86. 
No.  744.    Charles  W.  Nevin.    Received  as  a  candidate  June  7, 1886. 

Licensed  Oct.  3,  1887.     Dismissed  Oct.  3,  1887,  Pby.  Monmouth. 
No.  745.     James    Stewart   Dickson.      Received   June   14,    1886. 

Installed  July  1,  1886,  Woodland  Ch.     Ordained  1883. 
No.  746.    Wm.  Y.  Chapman.     Received  as  a  candidate  Oct.  4,  1886. 

Licensed  May  10,  LSSb. 
No.  747.     Wm   W.  Heberton      Received  May  2,  1887,  Pbv.  Ches- 
ter.    Treasurer  Bd.  Education.     Ordained  Oct.  28,  1869. 
No.  748.      Charles  M.  MoNulty.      Received   May  7,  1887,  Pby. 

Allegheny.    Installed  May  19,  1887,  Southwark  First  Ch.    Released 

March  5,  1888.     Ordained  1880. 
No.  749.     Herman  C.  Fox.     Received  as  a  licentiate  Sept.  5,  1887, 

Pby.  Phila.  Central.     Ordained  and  installed  Oct.  13,  1887,  Clinton 

St.  Immanuel  Ch. 
No.  750.     Samuel  Sample.     Received  as  a  candidate  Sept.  5,  1887. 
No.  751.     J.  C.  Chapman.     Received  April  2,  1888,  Phila.  Reformed 

Pby.     Ordained  by  commission  of  the  Synod  of  the  Reformed  Pres. 

Ch.  May  29,  1878. 
No.  752.     John  D.  Glass.     Received  as  a  licentiate  April  2,  1888, 

Glasgow  Pby.  Church  of  Scotland. 
No.  753.    Alexander  Esler.    Received  as  a  candidate  April  2, 1888. 

E  -  57 


CORRECTIONS. 

No.  120, /or  Thomas  Picton,  reac?  Thomas  Pictoii. 

No.  154, /or  John  Rumkle,  read  John  Runkle. 

No.  163.     Died  Jan.  l.o,  1860. 

No.  294.     Died  1883. 

No.  507, /or  Tenth  Church,  read  Fourth  Ch. 

No.  518, /or  John  T.  Cowhick,  reari  John  Y.  Cowhick. 


NORTH  BROAD  STREET  CHURCH,  BROAD  AND  GREEN. 


HISTORY 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL. 


{1) 


HISTORY 


OF  THE 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL, 


At  the  beginning  of  the  year  1859  the  Presbytery  of 
Philadelphia  included,  according  to  its  annual  report  to 
the  General  Assembly,  fifty-one  ministers  and  thirty- 
seven  churches,  a  number  exceeding  the  average  re- 
ported from  one-half  the  Synods  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  United  States.  This  number  was  felt 
by  many  to  be  inconveniently  large.  In  various  ways 
it  was  indicated  that,  however  competent  such  a  body, 
and  even  one  much  larger,  might  be  for  the  Synodical 
business  of  review  and  control,  it  could  not  well  be 
efficient  in  the  original  jurisdiction,  the  founding  and 
fostering,  which  belong  to 'a  Presbytery.  Accordingly, 
during  the  sessions  of  Presbytery,  April  18,  1859,  a 
committee  was  appointed  to  confer  with  a  similar  com- 
mittee on  behalf  of  the  Second  Presbytery  of  Philadel- 
phia, respecting  a  readjustment  of  the  boundaries  of 
the  two  bodies. 


4  HISTORY   OF    THE 

The  intention  in  tliis  measure  was  to  draw  the  Second 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  so  far  within  the  city  limits 
as  to  include  a  portion  of  the  ministers  and  churches  of 
the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  and,  ultimately,  to 
facilitate  the  constitution,  whenever  it  might  be  deemed 
expedient,  of  a  new  Presbytery  in  the  rural  districts. 
The  proposition  proved  not  acceptable,  but  the  subject 
was  still  kept  in  view,  and  at  the  stated  meeting  of 
Presbytery,  Oct.  4, 1860,  the  following  action  was  taken: 
"Resolved,  that  in  the  judgment  of  this  Presbytery  it 
is  expedient,  for  facilitating  the  transaction  of  business, 
that  this  body  be  divided,  and  that  an  overture  be  made 
to  Synod,  at  their  approaching  sessions,  to  make  such 
division,  viz :  That  the  line  of  division  be  the  centre 
of  Market  Street,  from  the  Delaware,  westward,  and 
that  the  churches  with  their  pastors,  which  are  north 
of  said  line,  be  constituted  a  new  Presbytery  to  be 
styled  the  Central  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia."  This 
overture  was  laid  before  the  Synod  of  Philadelphia, 
Oct.  18,  1860,  and  passed. 

Organization  of  the  Presbytery. 

In  obedience  to  the  direction  of  the  Synod  of  Phila- 
delphia, the  Central  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  met  in 
the  Spring  Garden  Presbyterian  Church  on  Tuesday 
evening,  Dec.  4,  1860,  at  7J  o'clock  P.M.,  and  was 
opened  with  a  sermon  by  Pev.  G.  W.  Musgrave,  D.D., 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.       5 

at  the  request  of  Rev.  Hr.  McDowell,  who  was  not  able 
to  preach.  Dr.  Miisgrave's  discourse  was  founded  on 
Acts  ii :  47.  After  sermon  Eev.  John  McDowell,  D.D., 
appointed  by  the  Synod  to  preside  at  this  first  meeting 
of  the  Presbytery,  called  the  body  to  order,  and  offered 
the  constituting  prayer.  Eev.  Henry  Steele  Clarke, 
D.D.,  was  appointed  clerk  pro  tern. 

After  the  reading  of  the  extract  from  Synod's  Min- 
utes in  regard  to  the  organization  of  the  Presbytery,  on 
calling  of  the  roll,  the  following  ministers  and  elders 
responded  to  their  names : — 

Ministers. 
John  McDowell,  D.D.,  Spring  Garden  Church  ;  Geo. 
W.  Musgrave,  D.D.,  IN'athaniel  West,  D.D.,  Hestonville 
Church ;  James  M.  Olmstead,  D.D.,  Daniel  Gaston, 
Cohocksink  Church ;  Jonathan  Edwards,  D.D.,  West 
Arch  Street  Church ;  Henry  Steele  Clarke,  D.D., 
Central  Church;  Alfred  l^evin,  D.D.,  Alexander 
Church ;  Francis  D.  Ladd,  Penn  Church ;  William  0. 
Johnstone,  Kensington  Church  ;  William  R.  Work, 
Charles  W.  Shields,  Second  Church ;  James  G.  Shinn, 
Richmond  Church ;  Joseph  W.  Porter,  Charlestown 
and  Phoenix ville  Churches ;  Morris  C.  Sutphen,  Spring 
Garden  Church ;  J.  Addison  Henry,  Princeton  Church. 
(2) 


HISTORY   OF   THE 


Elders. 


Charles  Collins,  Gilbert  Combs,  Spring  Garden 
Church ;  James  Gray,  Hestonville  Church ;  George 
Gable,  Cohocksink  Church ;  Samuel  W.  Collom,  Alex- 
ander Church  ;  William  McLean,  Penn  Church ;  Rob- 
ert Graham,  Kensington  Church ;  Samuel  D.  Powell, 
JSTorth  Church ;  Charles  Macalester,  Second  Church ; 
Hugh  Love,  Charlestown  and  Phoenixville  Churches. 

After  the  completion  of  the  roll  Rev.  C.  W.  Shields 
vras  chosen  Moderator  to  serve  till  the  commencement 
of  the  stated  meeting,  December  5,  Rev.  Drs.  Musgrave 
and  [N'evin  and  Mr.  Charles  Macalester  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  confer  with  the  Presbytery  of  Philadel- 
phia or  its  committee,  and  arrange  all  matters  requiring 
adjustment,  growing  out  of  the  division  of  that  body. 
Rev.  Henry  Steele  Clarke,  D.D.,  was  elected  Permanent 
Clerk,  Rev.  Daniel  Gaston  Stated  Clerk,  Rev.  Morris 
C.  Sutphen  Temporary  Clerk,  and  Mr.  Samuel  D. 
Powell  Treasurer.  The  committee  appointed  by  the 
Presbytery  to  organize  a  German  church  at  the  corner 
of  School  and  Howard  streeets  reported  that  such 
organization  was  effected  November  11,  1860.  This 
church,  with  the  name  First  German  Presbyterian 
Church,  by  reason  of  the  division  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Philadelphia,  was  enrolled  in  the  Central  Presbytery, 
within  the  territory  of  which  it  was  located.     A  com- 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.       7 

mittee  was  appointed  to  organize  a  church  on  Frank- 
forcl  Road  whenever  the  way  should  be  clear.  It  was 
ordered  that  the  stated  meetings  of  Presbytery  be  held 
quarterly,  in  the  months  of  January,  April,  July,  Oc- 
tober, and  that  the  Presbytery  be  opened  with  a  sermon 
by  the  last  Moderator  at  the  stated  meetings  in  April 
and  October. 

1861. 

The  meeting  of  Presbytery,  January  7,  was  held  in 
the  Second  Presbyterian  Church.  Rev.  Alfred  ^N'evin, 
D.D.,  resigned  his  pastoral  relation  to  the  Alexander 
Church.  Mr.  Matthew  ^N'ewkirk,  Jr.,  was  received 
and  examined  as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry,  and 
licensed  to  preach  the  gospel.  Mr.  Luther  H.  Wilson, 
Mr.  J.  D.  McClintock,  and  Mr.  Thomas  J.  Aikens 
were  also  received  as  candidates.  Rev.  W.  M.  Cornell, 
M.D.,  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Philadel- 
phia, also  Mr.  George  Locker,  a  licentiate  from  the 
same  body.  Rev.  D.  Gaston  having  resigned  the  office 
of  Stated  Clerk,  Rev.  James  G.  Shinn  was  appointed 
to  fill  it.  At  a  meeting  of  Presbytery,  January  28,  the 
First  German  Church  presented  a  call  for  Mr.  George 
Locher,  a  licentiate.  Application  being  made  for  his 
ordination,  as  an  evangelist,  the  ordination  took  place 
February  8.  At  the  meeting  April  2  James  M.  01m- 
stead,  D.D.,  was  elected   Moderator  for   six  months. 


8  HISTORY   OF   THE 

Messrs.  W.  H.  Hodge,  Alfred  H.  Kellogg,  and  "Walter 
Forsyth  were  licensed  to  preach  the  gospel,  April  3. 
Eev.  John  H.  Smaltz  was  received  May  6,  "  pro  forma," 
from  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  Rev.  James 
Clark,  D.D.,  from  the  Presbytery  of  J^orthumberland, 
Rev.  James  R.  Johnston  from  the  Presbytery  of  Hud- 
son, Rev.  Shepard  K.  Kollock,  D.D..  from  the  Presby- 
tery of  West  Jersey,  and  Rev.  H.  G.  Blinn  from  the 
(N.  S.)  Presbytery  of  Monroe.  May  6.  The  church  on 
Frankford  Road  was  reported  to  have  been  regularly 
constituted,  and  was  entered  upon  the  roll.  July  1. 
Rev.  J.  A.  Devine  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Ogdensburg,  and  Rev.  D.  Kennedy  from  the  Presbytery 
of  !N^ew  York ;  Rev.  Edward  B.  Hodge,  Henry  B. 
Townsend  and  Edward  D.  Ledyard  were  received  as 
candidates  for  the  ministry.  September  2.  Mr.  A.  M. 
Jelly,  a  licentiate,  was  received,  accepted  a  call  to  Bel- 
mont Church,  and  arrangements  were  made  for  his 
ordination,  and  installation,  should  the  way  be  clear. 
This  took  place  September  14.  Notice  was  given  of 
the  death  of  Rev.  John  H.  Smaltz,  and  a  committee 
appointed  to  prepare  a  suitable  memorial.  September 
14,  Rev.  J.  G.  Shinn  resigned  the  pastoral  charge  of  the 
First  Church,  Richmond.  Rev.  Henry  F.  Lee  was  re- 
ceived from  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia. 


PRESBYTERY   OF   PHILADELPHIA   CENTRAL.  9 

Obituary  Minute  of  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Smaltz.    Adopted  Oct.  1. 

"  Since  the  last  stated  meeting  Presbytery  have  with 
pain  and  solemnity  to  record  the  decease  of  one  of  our 
aged  brethren,  the  Rev.  John  H.  Smaltz.  He  died  on 
the  30th  day  of  July,  1861,  after  an  illness  of  less  than 
an  hour.  Mr.  Smaltz  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Febru- 
ary 17, 1793,  and  was  baptized  in  the  German  Reformed 
Church.  In  1813  he  was  received  into  the  communion 
of  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church  in  Philadelphia,  and 
under  its  care  pursued  his  studies  for  the  ministry  at 
the  Theological  Seminary  at  New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 
Licensed  to  preach  the  Gospel  by  the  Classis  of  New 
Brunswick,  A.  D.  1819,  he  was  employed  for  three 
years  as  a  missionary  in  the  States  of  New  Jersey  and 
Maryland.  While  in  the  latter  State  he  supplied  the 
pulpit  of  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church,  Eutaw  Street, 
Baltimore,  for  three  months,  and  subsequently,  for  nine 
months,  a  new  Presbyterian  organization,  which  is  the 
present  Fourth  Church,  Baltimore.  During  his  labors 
in  that  city  he  was  ordained  to  the  ministry  in  1822, 
by  the  Second  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  sitting  in 
Gettysburg,  Penna.  For  six  months  he  labored  with 
great  acceptance  as  Stated  Supply  at  Wilmington,  N.  C. 
In  1824  Mr.  Smaltz  accepted  a  call  to  the  German  Re- 
formed Church,  Germantown,  Penna.  In  this  charge 
he  remained  four  years,   faithfully  and  successfully 


10  HISTORY   OF   THE 

preaching  the  Gospel  amid  much  immorality  and  un- 
belief. From  Germantowu  he  was  called  to  Frederick, 
Md.,  where  for  five  years  he  preached  with  great  in- 
dustry, receiving  into  the  communion  of  the  church 
187  new  members.  On  leaving  Frederick  he  came  to 
Philadelphia,  and  served  for  many  months  a  congrega- 
tion of  colored  people  in  the  lower  part  of  the  city. 
In  Trenton,  N.  J.,  and  Harrisburg  and  E-eading,  Penna., 
successively,  he  labored  in  new  church  enterprises  under 
the  auspices  of  the  German  Reformed  Church,  and  was 
instrumental  in  winning  many  souls.  Returning  to 
Philadelphia  in  1843,  he  presented  to  the  Presbytery 
of  Philadelphia  his  certificate  from  the  Lebanon  Classis 
of  the  German  Reformed  Church,  and  was  received  and 
installed  pastor  of  the  Southwark  Church.  This  was 
his  last  regular  charge.  The  preaching  and  pastoral 
labors  of  Mr.  Smaltz  were  characterized  by  industry, 
energy,  faithfulness,  and  success.  In  every  place  they 
were  accompanied  by  the  Holy  Spirit  with  power,  and 
added  many  to  the  Church." 

Oct.  18.  Rev.  Thomas  M.  Cunningham  was  received 
from  the  Presbytery  of  Chicago,  and,  having  accepted 
a  call  from  the  Alexander  Church,  was  installed  pastor 
Oct.  31.  At  this  meeting  Rev.  E.  D.  Saunders,  Rev. 
Charles  H.  Ewing,  and  Rev.  Archibald  Tudehope,  as 
residents  north  of  Market  Street,  were  enrolled  as 
members  of  Presbytery.     Rev.  Wm.  J.  Day,  a  candi- 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      11 

date  for  the  ministry,  was  received  from  the  Presbytery 
of  Philadelphia.  Rev.  David  Kennedy  was  appointed 
Stated  Supply  of  the  First  Church,  Richmond,  for  one 
year.  Mr.  Owen  Reidy  was  received  as  a  candidate  for 
the  ministry.  Rev.  W.  R.  Work  was  authorized  to  act 
as  agent  among  the  churches  of  the  Presbytery,  for  the 
purpose  of  raising  a  sum  not  exceeding  $1500  for  the 
the  relief  of  Trinity  Church. 

1862. 

January  6  it  was  ordered  that  a  minute  be  made  of 
the  death  of  the  Rev.  Archibald  Tudehope,  a  member 
of  Presbytery,  who  departed  this  life  December  6, 1861. 
Mr.  Owen  Reidy,  a  candidate,  was  licensed  to  preach 
the  Gospel.  Presbytery  resolved  that  the  congregation 
of  Trinity  Church  be  advised  to  take  measures  to  have 
their  corporate  name  changed.  Mr.  Edward  Payson 
Cowan  was  received  as  a  candidate  for  the  office  of  the 
ministry,  also  Mr.  J.  Thompson  Osier,  who  was,  after 
examination,  licensed.  Presbytery  memorialized  the 
General  Assembly  to  provide  a  German  hymn-book  to 
meet  the  necessities  of  the  numerous  German  churches 
in  its  connection,  and  for  the  present  authorized  the 
German  Church  to  use  the  hymn-book  of  the  Reformed 
Dutch  Church.  The  pastoral  relation  of  the  Rev.  Dr. 
West  to  the  Hestonville  Church  was,  at  his  request, 
dissolved.     Mr.  F.  Donleavy  Long  was  received  under 


12  HISTORY   OF   THE 

the  care  of  Presbytery  as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry. 
Mr.  J.  D.  McClintock  and  Henry  B.  Townsend  were 
licensed  to  preach  the  Gospel.  October  7.  Mr.  John  C. 
Bliss  was  received  as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry.  The 
Eev.  F.  D.  Ladd,  pastor  of  Penn  Church,  having 
departed  this  life,  Rev.  Dr.  Musgrave  w^as  invited  by 
the  congregation  to  supply  their  pulpit  for  six  months, 
and  the  arrangement  was  cordially  approved  by  Presby- 
tery. Rev.  E.  Bailey  Smith  was  received  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Potomac.  Mr.  Sketchly  M.  Pearce  was 
taken  under  the  care  of  Presbytery  as  a  candidate  for 
the  Gospel  ministry.  Rev.  A.  M.  Jelly  was  appointed 
Stated  Supply  of  Hestonville  Church  for  half  of  his 
ministerial  time.  Rev.  David  Kennedy  was  called  to 
the  pastorate  of  the  Port  Richmond  Church,  and 
installed  October  20th.  Mr.  John  C.  Bliss  was  licensed 
to  preach  the  gospel. 

Obituary  Minute  of  the  Rev.  P.  D.  Ladd. 

The  Rev.  Francis  D.  Ladd,  pastor  of  the  Penn  Church, 
departed  this  life  on  Monday,  July  7,  1862,  aged  forty- 
two  years.  This  Presbytery,  in  view  of  the  decease  of 
their  late  co-presbyter,  desire  to  record  their  deep 
humility,  penitence,  and  sorrow  under  this  divine  chas- 
tening, with  their  thankful  testimony  to  his  many  Chris- 
tian virtues,  his  useful  life,  and  his  blessed  death.  Our 
lamented  brother,  by  his  faithful  performance  of  all 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      13 

Presbyterial  duties,  by  his  intelligent  participation  in 
the  proceedings  of  this  body,  by  his  enlightened  zeal  for 
the  glory  of  Christ  and  for  the  prosperity  and  exten- 
sion of  the  church  in  every  sphere  of  her  benevolent 
activity,  as  well  as  by  his  assiduous  labors  among  his 
own  flock,  has  bequeathed  to  us  the  example  of  a  good 
and  faithful  servant  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

By  his  last  work  of  consolation  and  mercy  to  the 
wounded  and  dying  on  the  battle-field  of  Fair  Oaks — a 
work  performed  in  the  midst  of  fatal  malaria,  and  at 
the  cost  of  his  life — he  has  adorned  our  sacred  office 
with  the  congenial  virtues  of  loyalty,  patriotism,  and 
humanity.  And  by  the  cheerful  resignation,  the 
assured  hope,  and  the  tranquil  joy  with  which  at  length 
he  yielded  up  his  soul  to  God,  he  has  given  us  one  more 
proof  of  the  blessedness  of  a  Christian's  death.  While 
we  lament  his  early  removal  from  our  church  and  from 
this  community,  we  would  not  forget  these  alleviating 
mercies  of  the  dispensation,  nor  fail  to  be  admonished 
by  it  to  renewed  zeal  and  diligence  in  our  holy  calling. 

1863. 

January  5th,  the  Eev.  Gr.  W.  Musgrave,  D.D.,  having 
accepted  a  call  from  the  Penn  Presbyterian  Congrega- 
tion, arrangements  were  made  for  his  installation  on 
Sabbath  evening,  the  11th  instant.  The  Rev.  John 
Lyle,  a  foreign  minister  on  probation  in  the  Presbytery 


14  HISTORY   OF   THE 

of  New  Brunswick,  was  appointed  to  labor  within  the 
bounds  of  this  Presbytery.  April  6,  the  Rev.  Robert 
Proctor  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Back 
River.  The  death  of  the  Rev.  John  McDowell,  D.D., 
was  announced  as  having  occurred  Feb.  13, 1863,  and 
a  committee  appointed  to  prepare  a  suitable  minute  in 
regard  to  it.  A  call  was  presented  from  Trinity  Church 
for  the  pastoral  services  of  the  Rev.  John  Lyle.  Mr. 
John  French  and  Mr.  James  H.  Marr  were  taken  under 
the  care  of  Presbytery  as  candidates  for  the  ministry. 
The  Rev.  Edward  B.  Hodge  was  licensed  to  preach  the 
gospel. 

Obituary  Minute  of  Dr.  McDo"well. 

The  great  Head  of  the  Church  having  recently  re- 
moved by  death  our  honored  and  beloved  co-Presbyter, 
the  Rev,  John  McDowell,  D.D.,  we  record  our  sense  of 
loss  in  his  removal  and  our  confidence  that  what  is  loss 
to  us  is  gain  to  him.  A  volume  only  could  adequately 
set  forth  his  many  virtues  as  a  man,  friend.  Christian, 
and  minister  of  Christ,  or  the  variety  and  amount  of 
labors  prosecuted  hy  him,  so  successfully,  during  a 
ministry  protracted  far  beyond  the  ordinary  limit.  His 
example  especially  as  a  Presbyter  we  can  never  forget. 
His  conscientious,  constant,  and  punctual  attendance 
upon  the  various  judicatories  of  the  Church,  his  readi- 
ness to  assume  burdens,  and  his  fidelity  in  performance 
of  the  various  duties  imposed  upon  him,  his  patience  of 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      15 

details,  the  wisdom  of  his  counsels,  his  uniform  ur- 
banity, whether  as  presiding  officer  or  in  any  other 
position  he  occupied,  will  always  be  remembered  by 
us,  and  with  devout  gratitude  to  God  that  it  was  our 
privilege  to  be  among  his  contemporaries.  In  fine, 
Dr.  McDowell  will  ever  be  in  our  minds  as  a  model 
Presbyter.  "We  bow  submissively  to  the  dispensation 
of  Providence  which  has  removed  him  from  us,  hoping 
and  praying  that  our  last  end  may  be  like  his. 

Sabbath  Schools. 

April  13.  The  following  report  on  the  subject  of 
Sabbath  Schools  was  adopted : — 

Resolved,  1.  That  by  the  parental  relation  and  by 
Divine  appointment  the  religious  instruction  of  child- 
ren rests  beyond  avoidance  upon  their  parents,  and  that 
a  portion  of  every  Sabbath  day  should  be  devoted  by 
them  to  the  performance  of  this  duty. 

2.  That  parents  should  regard  it  as  their  duty  to 
have  their  children,  so  far  as  practicable,  in  the  house 
of  God  on  the  Sabbath  day  as  worshipers,  and  under 
their  special  supervision,  nor  should  they  allow  them 
to  be  absent  from  the  religious  services  held  on  other 
days,  except  for  weighty  reasons. 

3.  That  the  session  of  each  church  should  exercise 
constant  vigilance  over  the  Sabbath  School  and  its 
workings,  its  classes,  and  the  instruction  given  in  them, 


16  HISTORY   OF   THE 

to  restrain  evil  tendencies,  to  provide,  develop,  and 
encourage  good  and  faithful  workers,  and  remove  those 
who  are  incompetent  or  unfaithful. 

4.  That  the  children  of  the  church  should  not  be 
permitted  by  their  parents  to  attend  statedly  the  Sab- 
bath Schools  of  other  denominations. 

5.  That  mission  schools  are  a  valuable  means  of  era- 
ploying  the  energies  of  a  church,  increasing  its  influ- 
ence and  strength,  elevating  the  ignorant  and  depraved, 
and  evangelizing  neighborhoods ;  and  that  our  churches 
should  exert  themselves  to  establish  and  support  such 
schools. 

6.  That  the  instruction  in  Sabbath  Schools  should  be 
free  from  lightness,  and,  as  far  as  practicable,  from  secu- 
lar matter,  and  should  be  grave  and  Scriptural,  tending 
to  holiness  and  salvation. 

7.  That  the  Sunday-school  literature  of  our  day 
needs  revision  and  expurgation,  and  requires  the  atten- 
tion of  Sessions  as  to  the  contents  of  the  library,  and  of 
parents  as  to  the  volumes  perused  by  their  children. 

8.  That  in  order  to  the  highest  spiritual  advantage 
to  be  derived  from  the  Sabbath  on  the  part  of  the 
teachers,  and  in  order  to  afford  opportunity  both  for 
parental  instruction  at  home,  and  for  the  children  and 
youth  to  attend  the  regular  services  of  the  sanctuary, 
it  is  recommended  to  all  our  churches  to  have  but  one 
session  of  the  Sabbath  School  on  the  Sabbath. 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      17 

9.  That  it  be  enjoined  upon  all  who  have  the  charge 
of  our  Sabbath  Schools  that  they  instruct  the  children 
regularly  in  the  doctrines  of  the  Bible,  as  they  are  em- 
bodied in  our  standards. 

10.  That  Sessions  should  direct  special  attention  to 
secure  that  parents  in  their  communion  faithfully  dis- 
charge the  duties  specified  above. 

11.  That  pastors  be  requested  to  read  these  resolu- 
tions in  their  churches,  and  to  preach  on  some  conve- 
nient occasion  on  the  subject  of  Sabbath  School  Instruc- 
tion and  Discipline. 

July  6.  The  Rev.  Arthur  ^Y.  Milby,  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  Church,  after  due  examination,  and  on 
the  presentation  of  testimonials,  was  received  as  a  mem- 
ber of  Presbytery. 

Oct.  5.  Mr.  J.  R.  Dewing,  Mr.  H.  W.  Rubinkam, 
Mr.  Benjamin  A.  Dean,  and  Mr.  James  A.  McGowan 
were  received  as  candidates  for  the  ministry.  Rev.  A. 
M.  Jelly  asked  leave  to  resign  his  pastoral  charge  of 
Belmont  Church.  A  preaching  station  was  appointed 
in  the  hall,  corner  of  Seventeenth  and  Poplar  streets, 
to  be  under  charge  of  the  Rev.  H.  F.  Lee. 

October  23d.  Rev.  G.  W.  McPhail,  D.D.,  was  received 
from  the  Second  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia.  !N'ov.  30 
Rev  L.  H.  Christian,  D.D.,  asked  leave  to  resign  the 
pastoral  charge  of  the  IN'orth  Church.  The  pastoral 
relation  of  Rev.  A.  M.  Jelly  to  Belmont  Church  was 


"    18  HISTORY    OF   THE 

dissolved.     Mr.  Ambrose  C.  Smith,  a  candidate  for  the 
ministry,  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Donegal. 

1864. 

Jan.  1.  Mr.  William  H.  Hodge  was,  at  his  request, 
examined  with  a  view  to  his  ordination  as  an  Evangel- 
ist, and  the  examination  proving  satisfactory,  this  ser- 
vice was  performed  at  an  adjourned  meeting  of  Presby- 
tery in  the  Second  Church,  on  the  4th.  The  pastoral 
relation  between  the  Rev.  L.  H.  Christian,  D.D.,  and 
the  Korth  Church  was  dissolved.  Mr.  John  Peacock 
and  Mr.  Pobert  A.  Davison  were  received  as  candidates 
for  the  ministry.  The  Rev.  John  Lyle  having  removed 
to  another  Presbytery,  the  call  from  Trinity  Church  to 
him  was  returned  to  said  church.  Dr.  W.  A.  Piper  and 
Rev.  George  Locker  were  appointed  a  committee  to  ex- 
amine localities  suitable  for  the  First  German  Church. 

April  4.  The  death  of  the  Rev.  Henry  Steele  Clarke, 
D.D.,  was  reported  as  having  occurred  January  17, 
1864,  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  prepare  a  suit- 
able minute.  Mr.  Sylvanus  Sayre  was  received  as  a 
candidate  for  the  ministry.  Messrs.  E.  P.  Cowan,  R. 
A.  Davison,  Benj.  A.  Dean,  and  Ambrose  C.  White, 
S.  M.  Pearce,  and  J.  H.  Marr  were  licensed  to  preach 
the  Gospel. 


PRESBYTERY   OF   PHILADELPHIA   CENTRAL.  19 

Death  of  Rev.  Henry  Steele  Clarke,  D.D. 

As  a  sketch  of  Dr.  Clarke  had  gone  to  press  in  the 
history  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  (see  page 
251)  before  this  point  was  reached  in  the  Minutes  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  Central,  it  is  only  deemed 
necessary  to  insert  here  the  concluding  part  of  this 
Presbytery's  obituary  notice  of  Dr.  Clarke. 

"  While  Dr.  Clarke's  own  flock  are  deeply  afflicted 
in  losing  a  most  devoted  and  beloved  pastor,  and  while 
the  whole  church  has  been  deprived  of  the  services  of 
an  able  and  faithful  minister,  we  especially  feel  as  a 
Presbytery  a  sad  vacancy  in  our  counsels  and  com- 
panionship. The  intelligent  zeal  with  which  he  parti- 
cipated in  the  proceedings  of  this  body,  his  regularity 
and  fidelity  in  performing  its  duties,  and  the  Christian 
charity  and  courtesy  which  marked  his  intercourse  with 
his  brethren  form  a  bright  example  which  we  would 
not  merely  place  upon  our  records,  but  thankfully 
cherish  in  our  hearts  and  copy  in  our  lives." 

April  25.  Rev.  John  Ewing  was  received  on  certifi- 
cate from  the  Presbytery  of  Ohio,  accepted  a  call  from 
Trinity  Church,  and  arrangements  were  made  for  his 
installation  on  the  second  day  of  May  next. 

July  4.  The  Rev.  John  Moore  was  received  on  certifi- 
cate from  the  Presbytery  of  Huntingdon.  Rev.  R.  W. 
Henry  ^  D.D.,  was  called  to  the  pastorate  of  the  ISTorth 
Church. 


20  HISTORY   OF   THE 

October  3.  Dr.  R.  W.  Henry  having  accepted  the  call 
to  the  [N'orth  Church,  arrangements  were  made  for  his 
installation  on  the  12th  inst.  The  death  of  the  Rev. 
Nathaniel  West,  D.D.,  was  announced,  and  a  committee 
was  appointed  to  prepare  a  minute  in  reference  to  that 
event.  The  Rev.  George  Locker  was  appointed  Domestic 
Missionary  to  supply  the  First  German  Church,  Phila- 
delphia, and  the  German  congregation  at  Phcenixville. 
A  call  was  presented  from  the  Central  Church  for  the 
pastoral  labors  of  Rev.  Alexander  Reed,  of  Parkesburg, 
Pa.  Presbytery  having  before  them  the  Address 
of  the  I^ational  Association  for  the  amendment  of  the 
Constitution,  approved  the  objects  of  the  Association 
as  expressed  in  their  Address  and  their  Memorial  to 
Congress. 

Obituary  Minute  of  Dr.  "West. 

"  The  Rev.  IS'athaniel  West,  D.D.,  departed  this  life 
September  2, 1864.  Deceased  was  born  in  Ulster,  Ire- 
land, A.  D.  1794,  and  entered  the  ministry  in  the 
Independent  Connection  in  Hull,  England,  in  1821.  He 
inimigrated  to  the  United  States  in  1834,  and  has 
resided  in  this  city  for  the  last  eleven  years.  At  the 
time  of  his  death  he  was  senior  chaplain  in  the  Satterlee 
U.  S.  Military  Hospital,  West  Philadelphia,  and  was 
both  in  years  and  in  ministry  the  senior  member  of 
this  Presbytery. 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      21 

Dr.  West  was  a  man  of  marked  peculiarities  and  of 
abundant  labors.  His  frame  was  large  and  robust,  liis 
health  vigorous,  and  his  spirits  exuberant.  Of  great 
energy  of  character  and  memory  unusually  retentive, 
of  varied  observation  and  extensive  reading,  his  minis- 
trations were  characterized  by  quaintness,  clearness,  and 
strength. 

This  Presbytery  make  record  of  his  decease  from 
among  them  with  humble  recognition  of  the  sovereignty 
of  that  God  who  appoints  to  His  servants  their  gifts, 
their  time  and  place  of  service,  and  the  time  and  cir- 
cumstances when  their  earthly  labors  shall  cease. 

They  receive  it  as  a  renewed  admonition  to  be  dili- 
gent in  their  labors  for  Christ,  since  ''the  night  cometh 
in  which  no  man  can  work." 

November  7.  The  Rev.  R.  W,  Henry,  D.D.,  was 
installed  pastor  of  the  IsTorth  Church,  Nov.  2.  The 
death  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Christian  having  been  announced 
the  following  action  was  taken : — 

Minute  on  the  Death  of  Dr.  Christian. 

The  Rev.  Levi  H.  Christian,  D.D.,  a  member  of  this 
body,  and  late  Pastor  of  the  !N'orth  Presbyterian  Church, 
Philadelphia,  departed  this  life  October  23,  1864,  after 
an  illness  of  more  than  a  year.  The  deceased  was  born 
in  the  city  of  Albany,  I^.  Y.,  in  1817,  made  profession 
of  faith  at  Morristown,  K.  J.,  at  the  age  of  12  years, 


22  HISTORY   OF   THE 

was  graduated  at  the  College  of  Xew  Jersey  with  the 
second  honors  of  his  class  in  1840,  and  was  licensed  to 
preach  in  1844.  In  the  20  years  of  his  ministry  Dr, 
Christian  labored  at  various  places  both  East  and  West, 
and  everywhere  and  always  commended  himself  to  every 
man's  conscience  in  the  sight  of  God  as  a  conscientious, 
faithful,  and  fearless  ambassador  for  Christ,  as  a  spiritual 
and  able  expounder  of  the  word  of  God. 

This  Presbytery  makes  record  of  his  decease  with  a 
lively  remembrance  of  his  worth  as  a  minister,  a 
Presbyter,  and  a  brother  beloved  in  the  Lord.  They 
rejoice  in  the  grace  of  Christ  which  abounded  towards 
him  during  his  long  illness,  sustaining  him  in  patience 
and  hope  to  the  end,  and,  especially,  giving  to  him  a 
departure  from  this  mortal  life  not  only  in  peace  but  in 
utterances  of  holy  joy  and  triumph. 

I*Tovember  28.  The  Rev.  Alexander  Heed  having 
accepted  the  call  of  the  Central  Church,  arrangements 
w^ere  made  for  his  installation  on  the  11th  of  December, 
if  the  way  be  clear. 

1865. 

January  2.  The  Rev.  Alfred  Taylor  was  authorized 
and  recommended  to  begin  labors  near  the  upper  end  of 
Eleventh  Street,  with  a  view  to  establish  a  church  in 
that  vicinity.  Rev.  W.  J.  Day  was  licensed  to  preach 
the  gospel.     Rev.  G.  W.  McPhail,  D.D.,  was  appointed 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      23 

Stated  Supply  to  the  Belmont  Church  for  three 
months.  April  3.  Rev.  Alfred  Taylor  was  received 
from  the  Second  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia.  Rev.  J. 
T.  Osier  was  ordained  as  an  Evangelist.  The  Rev.  J. 
P.  Conkey  was  recommended  to  the  sympathy  and 
liberal  cooperation  of  pastors  and  people  in  the  establish- 
ment of  a  church  in  the  northwestern  part  of  the  cit3\ 
May  1.  The  decease  of  the  Rev.  S.  K.  Kollock,  D.D., 
and  of  the  Rev.  Daniel  Gaston  was  reported,  and  a 
committee  was  appointed  to  prepare  suitable  minutes. 
Dr.  Edwards  asked  leave  to  resign  the  pastoral  charge 
of  West  Arch  Street  Church. 

Obituary  Minute  of  Dr.  Kollock. 

Whereas,  it  has  pleased  Almighty  God  since  our  last 
meeting  to  remove  from  our  midst  by  death  the  Rev. 
Shepard  K.  Kollock,  D.D.,  this  Presbytery  of  which  he 
was  a  member  would  place  upon  their  records  this  brief 
tribute  to  his  memory. 

Dr.  Kollock  was  born  at  Elizabeth  town,  ^.  J.,  June 
25,  1795,  and  was  graduated  with  honors  from  Prince- 
ton College  in  1811,  when  he  was  but  little  more  than 
sixteen  years  of  age.  In  1812,  during  a  remarkable 
revival  of  religion  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Eliza- 
bethtown,  he  became  a  hopeful  convert  of  grace,  and 
soon  after  commenced  the  study  of  theology  with  his 
brother-in-law,  the  Rev.  Dr.  John  McDowell,  pastor  of 


24  HISTORY   OF  THE 

the  church.  These  studies  he  completed  with  his 
brother,  Dr.  Henry  Kollock,  of  Savannah,  and  was 
licensed  to  preach  the  gospel  in  June,  1814,  when  he 
was  hardly  nineteen  years  of  age.  After  exercising  his 
gifts  for  three  or  more  years  in  Georgia,  he  visited 
!North  Carolina,  where  he  soon  received  a  call  to  become 
pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Oxford.  This 
be  accepted,  and  he  was  duly  ordained  to  the  ministry 
May  2,  1818.  Having  served  this  Church  and  other 
parts  of  Granville  Co.,  IT.  C,  with  zeal  and  acceptance 
a  short  time,  he  was  chosen  Professor  of  Rhetoric  and 
Logic  in  the  University  of  that  state.  This  post  he 
filled  till  1825,  wben  he  was  called  to  the  charge  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church,  ITorfolk,  Va.  This  call  he 
accepted,  and  in  this  post  he  remained  ten  years.  He 
then  returned  to  New  Jersey  and  became  successively 
the  Agent  of  the  General  Assembly's  Board  of  Domestic 
Missions,  the  pastor  of  the  Church  in  Burlington  and 
in  Greenwich.  In  1860  he  removed  to  this  city  and 
became  chaplain  in  various  benevolent  institutions  on 
the  foundation  created  by  the  late  Elias  Boudinot. 
This  office  he  faithfully  discharged  until  about  two 
years  since,  when,  his  health  failing,  he  retired  to  great 
privacy,  and  on  April  7, 1865,  departed  this  life,  aged 
70  years. 

Dr.  Kollock  was  a  man  of  eminent  gifts  and  graces. 
Especially  prominent  among  the  virtues  which  adorned 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      25 

his  character  were  his  honesty,  simplicity,  humility,  and 
charity.  As  a  preacher  he  shone  with  no  ordinary 
brilliance.  His  sermons  were  generally  delivered  with- 
out manuscript,  were  eminently  perspicuous  in  plan,  and 
were  richly  freighted  with  the  marrow  of  the  gospel. 
Truly,  in  view  of  his  life  and  character,  we  may  say 
that  in  human  judgment  he  merited  the  plaudit  which 
we  doubt  not  he  has  already  received  from  the  Master, 
"  Well  done,  good  and  faithful  servant,  enter  thou  into 
the  joy  of  thy  Lord." 

July  3.  Mr.  John  Sparhawk  Jones  and  Mr.  Wm.  S. 
Steen  were  received  as  candidates  for  the  ministry. 
The  Rev.  Mr.  Conkey,  at  his  own  request,  was  released 
from  further  ministerial  service  in  the  northern  part  of 
the  city. 

October  2.  The  pastoral  relation  between  Dr.  Shields 
and  the  Second  Church  was,  at  his  own  request,  dis- 
solved. It  was  announced  that  the  Rev.  Alfred  Taylor 
had  discontinued  his  labors  in  Camac  Street  and  vicinity. 

^ov.  6.  Rev.  E.  R.  Beadle,  D.D.,  was  received  from 
the  Presbytery  of  Rochester  City.  A  call  was  presented 
from  the  Second  Church  for  the  pastoral  services  of  Dr. 
Beadle.  A  call  was  presented  from  the  Cohocksink 
Church  for  the  pastoral  services  of  Rev.  S.  A.  Mutch- 
more  of  the  Presbytery  of  St.  Louis.  Dr.  Beadle  hav- 
ing accepted  the  call  in  his  hands,  his  installation 
was  appointed  for  l!^ov.  12th. 


26  HISTORY   OF   THE 

1866. 
January  1.    Mr.  Henry  Hall  was  received  as  a  candi- 
date for  the  ministry. 

Minute  on  the  Death  of  the  Rev.  James  R.  Johnston. 

"  Rev.  James  R.  Johnston  died  at  Burlington,  K  J., 
on  June  16,  1865.  His  infirm  health  had  for  several 
years  disabled  him  from  any  stated  labors  in  the 
ministry,  and  except  in  an  occasional  sermon  at  rare 
intervals,  and  in  his  attendance  upon  the  sessions  of 
Presbytery,  his  gifts  and  attainments  were  but  little 
known  among  us.  In  former  years,  however,  he  was 
active,  gifted,  and  useful.  His  ministry  extended  over 
more  than  forty  years.  His  licensure  in  1824,  and  his 
ordination  in  1826,  were  in  connection  with  the 
Reformed  Presbyterian  Church.  In  1830  he  became  a 
member  of  the  Presbytery  of  l^ew  York,  under  the 
care  of  the  General  Assembly,  and  in  regard  to  the 
questions  of  doctrine  and  order  then  pending,  identified 
himself  with  the  Old  School.  He  was  pastor  succes- 
sively at  Mobile,  Ala.  (which  church  he  organized), 
Goshen,  N.  Y.,  and  Hamptonburgh,  IST.  Y.  The  last 
named  church,  on  his  accepting  their  call,  changed  their 
relation  from  the  Associate  Reformed  to  the  General 
Assembly.  In  each  of  these  charges  he  gained  warm 
friends,  and  was  held  in  good  repute  for  talents,  learn- 
ing, soundness,  prudence,  and  piety.     It  is  said  that  for 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      27 

his  pleasant  voice  and  manner  he  was  styled  the  silver- 
tongued.  To  us  he  was  chiefly  known  as  a  Presbyter 
of  gravity,  discrimination,  wisdom,  and  modesty,  but  it 
is  pleasant  to  record  on  our  Minutes  at  least  the  out- 
lines of  the  labors  and  the  traits  of  his  earlier  career  in 
other  parts  of  the  Master's  vineyard.  His  best  record 
is  on  high. 

"  His  death  crowned  his  life.  In  a  leno:thened  and 
weary  decline,  attended  at  times  with  great  suffering, 
his  patience  never  once  gave  way.  With  beautiful  and 
edifying  resignation  he  waited  for  God,  and  was  more  and 
more  strengthened  by  His  grace  and  cheered  by  His 
presence,  until  in  holy  hope  and  joy  he  departed,  a 
conqueror  through  the  grace  of  Christ." 

Obituary  Notice  of  the  Rev.  Daniel  Gaston. 

"  The  Rev.  Daniel  Gaston,  a  member  of  this  Presby- 
tery, departed  this  life  on  the  29th  day  of  April,  in  the 
sixty-fifth  year  of  his  age,  after  a  painful  illness  of  three 
or  four  weeks'  duration.  He  was  the  youngest  son  of 
Joseph  Gaston,  of  ^Northumberland  County,  Pa.  The 
child  of  pious  parents,  it  is  believed  that  in  early  life 
he  was  made  a  partaker  of  the  redemption  purchased 
by  Christ. 

"  While  yet  a  young  man  he  showed  an  aptitude  for 
mathematical  studies  and  practical  surveying.  His 
spirituality  was   manifested  in  the  gift  and  grace  of 


28  HISTORY   OF   THE 

prayer.  While  on  a  visit  to  Milton  he  met  the  Rev. 
Dr.  George  Junkin,  who  w&s  the  first,  so  far  as  is 
known,  to  turn  his  attention  to  the  subject  of  studying 
for  the  gospel  ministry.  After  some  years  of  academic 
and  collegiate  training  under  Mr.  Kirkpatrick  in  Mil- 
ton, Pa.,  and  under  Dr.  Junkin  in  Grermantown  and 
Easton,  he  entered  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Prince- 
ton, N.  J.,  in  the  year  1835,  and  was  licensed  to  preach 
the  gospel  by  the  Presbytery  of  I^ewton  in  1837. 

"After  a  season  of  missionary  labor  at  Beaver 
Meadow,  Pa.,  Mr.  Gaston  was  ordained  and  installed 
pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  that  place  in  the 
year  1838  or  1839.  His  ministry  at  Beaver  Meadow, 
Conyngham,  and  neighboring  places,  before  and  after 
his  ordination,  extended  through  six  or  seven  years, 
and  a  blessing  was  upon  his  labors. 

"  Having  received  a  call  to  the  Cohocksink  Presby- 
terian Church,  Philadelphia,  he  was  translated  and 
placed  in  charge  of  that  congregation  as  its  pastor  in 
the  year  1844,  and  he  continued  in  that  pastoral  charge 
until  his  decease,  a  period  of  more  than  twenty  years. 

"  The  memory  of  the  just  is  blessed,  and  they  that 
turn  many  to  righteousness  shall  shine.  During  Mr. 
Gaston's  ministry  in  the  Cohocksink  Church,  several 
seasons  of  refreshing  were  experienced,  the  harmony 
and  stability  of  the  congregation  were  increased,  the 
number  of  professing  Christians  in  connection  with  it 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      29 

was  much  enlarged,  and  all  its  pecuniary  indebtedness 
was  removed.  A  comparison  of  the  condition  of  that 
church  at  the  time  of  his  coming  to  it  with  that  in 
which  it  was  when  he  departed,  abundantly  exhibits 
what  large  and  happy  results  the  Lord  accomplished 
through  the  services  of  our  brother. 

"  Mr.  Graston's  doctrinal  views  were  clear  and  ortho- 
dox, and  his  enunciation  of  them  distinct  and  instructive. 
His  capacity  for  work  in  the  holy  ministry  was  well 
attested,  and  he  was  a  workman  that  needed  not  to  be 
ashamed.  Were  we  to  portray  him  in  one  sentence,  it 
would  be  this, — he  was  eminently  a  man  of  Christian 
principle — conscientious,  modest,  and  persevering. 

"  We  spread  upon  our  Presbyterial  records  this  brief 
tribute  to  his  memory,  thus  testifying  our  adoring 
gratitude  to  his  Redeemer  and  ours,  and  the  sense  we 
cherish  of  our  departed  brother  Gaston.  We  hope 
through  grace  to  meet  him  again,  before  the  throne  of 
God  and  the  Lamb,  and  to  serve  and  worship  with  him 
in  a  better  country.  Tor  if  we  believe  that  Jesus 
died  and  rose  again,  even  so  them  also  that  sleep  in 
Jesus  will  God  bring  with  him.'  " 

The  Rev.  Dr.  A.  JSTevin  introduced  the  following 
resolution,  which,  after  discussion,  was  referred  to  a 
committee  to  report  on  the  subject  at  the  next  meeting 
of  Presbytery :  Resolved,  that  this  Presbytery  sustain 
the  action  of  the  last  General  Assembly  in  regard  to  the 


30  HISTORY   OF   THE 

reconstruction  of  tlie  Presbyterian  Churches  North  and 
South.  Mr.  W.  H.  Thomas  was  taken  under  the  care 
of  Presbytery  as  a  candidate  for  the  gospel  ministr3^ 

Circulation  of  Secular  Papers  on  the  Lord's  Day. 

The  following  resolutions,  introduced  by  Rev.  Dr. 
Musgrave,  were  unanimously  adopted: — 

Resolved^  That  in  the  judgment  of  this  Presbytery, 
the  publication  and  circulation  of  secular  papers  on  the 
Lord's  day  is  a  flagrant  breach  both  of  the  law  of  God 
and  the  laws  of  this  Commonwealth,  and  ought  to  be 
discountenanced  by  every  patriot  and  Christian. 

Resolved^  That  the  reading  of  such  papers  on  the 
Lord's  day  is  in  violation  of  that  day,  and  inconsistent 
with  Christian  character. 

Resolved^  That  these  resolutions  be  published  from 
the  pulpits  of  our  several  churches,  and  that  our  pastors 
be  requested  to  preach  on  this  subject  at  their  con- 
venience. 

January  15.  Rev.  George  Locker  and  the  First  Ger- 
man Church  were,  by  request  of  the  congregation,  dis- 
missed to  the  Fourth  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia. 

Thank-Offering  for  Peace. 

January  22.  Presbytery,  in  offering  thanks  to  Al- 
mighty God  for  bringing  to  an  end  the  war,  resolved 
that  "  we,  as  a  Presbytery,  realize  it  as  our  duty,  as  a 


PKESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      81 

part  of  this  marvellously  delivered  and  disenthralled 
nation,  to  render  a  thank-offering  to  Grod,  in  the  inaugu- 
ration of  a  special  effort  to  lengthen  the  cords  and 
strengthen  the  stakes  of  our  beloved  Zion,  within  the 
bounds  of  our  ecclesiastical  jurisdiction."  A  conven- 
tion of  ministers,  ruling  elders,  and  church  members 
was  called  to  meet  February  5  to  devise  ways  and 
means  whereby  this  great  work  might  be  accomplished. 
February  5.  The  pastoral  relation  of  the  Rev.  David 
Kennedy  to  the  Richmond  Church  was,  at  his  request, 
dissolved.  March  13.  The  pastoral  relation  of  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Edwards  to  the  West  Arch  Street  Church  was, 
at  his  request,  dissolved. 

April  2.  Rev.  Alexander  Scott  was  received  from 
the  Presbytery  of  California.  The  interests  of  the 
Ashmun  Institute  were  referred  to  a  committee.  Rev. 
J.  P.  Conkey  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
West  Jersey.  Edward  P.  Ileberton  and  W.  S.  Steen 
were  received  as  candidates  for  the  ministry.  Mr.  J. 
S.  Jones  and  Mr.  Sylvanus  Sayre  were  licensed  to  preach 
the  gospel.  April  3.  The  following  report  was  made 
by  a  committee  appointed  for  the  purpose  and 
adopted : — 

Increase  of  the  Ministry. 

"  It  is  essential  to  the  wants  of  the  Great  Missionary 
Field  of  our  own  country  and  of  the  pagan  and  anti- 
Christian  world,  as  well  as  in  view  of  the  calls  from  some 


32  HISTORY   OF   THE 

parts  of  the  church,  in  the  older  sections  thereof,  that 
the  number  of  the  ministry  be  increased.  This  state- 
ment is  not  invalidated  by  the  fact  that  there  are  some 
ministers  without  charge,  on  account  of  their  engage- 
ments, collateral  with  the  work  of  preaching,  or  of  in- 
firmities, or  of  age.  The  wants  of  a  dying  world  should 
be  laid  before  the  churches  that  parents,  teachers,  and 
others  may  pray  and  labor  toward  their  supply,  and 
that  the  attention  of  pious  and  competent  young  men 
may  be  turned  in  that  direction." 

Preaching  Stations. 

The  committee  on  new  churches  reported  that  the 
preaching  stations  in  operation  twelve  months  ago  in 
the  northern  part  of  the  city — the  one  in  the  Wagner 
Institute  and  the  other  in  Camac  Street — were  discon- 
tinued, and  that  the  preaching  of  the  gospel  was  recom- 
menced under  (it  is  believed)  more  promising  auspices 
by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Conkey  in  the  hall  at  the  corner  of 
Montgomery  Avenue  and  Twelfth  Street.  The  Rev. 
Morris  C.  Sutphen  requested  and  obtained  leave  to  re- 
sign the  pastoral  charge  of  the  Spring  Garden  Church. 

May  7.  Rev.  Sylvanus  Sayre  was  ordained  as  an 
evangelist.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  visit  the 
ground  occupied  by  the  Rev.  J.  P.  Conkey  as  a  mis- 
sionary field,  and  organize,  if  the  way  be  clear,  a  church 
in  that  place. 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      33 

June  5.  Kev.  D.  A.  Cunningham  was  received  from 
the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  and,  having  accepted  a 
call  from  the  Spring  Garden  Church,  arrangements 
were  made  for  his  installation  June  20. 

July  2.  Mr.  W.  W.  Heberton  was  received  as  a 
candidate  for  the  ministry.  The  Committee  on  the 
organization  of  "  Memorial  Church,"  at  12th  and 
Montgomery  Avenue,  reported  that  the  church  had 
been  duly  organized  on  May  22.  Rev.  A.  M.  Jelly  ac- 
cepted a  call  to  Port  Eichmond  Church,  and  arrange- 
ments were  made  for  his  installation  on  Thursday, 
July  12. 

Oct.  1.  Leave  was  granted  to  E,.  W.  Landis,  D.D.,  to 
labor  within  the  bounds  of  the  Presbytery.  Candidate 
William  S.  S  teen  was  licensed  to  preach  the  gospel.  Rev. 
John  Lyon  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Carlisle. 
October  15.  Rev.  J.  Sinclair  was  received  as  a  member 
of  Presbytery.  IN'ov.  12.  Rev.  A.  W.  Milby  was,  at  his 
request,  dismissed  to  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

1867. 

January  7.  Rev.  S,  A.  Mutchmore  was  received  from 
the  Presbytery  of  St.  Louis.  Mr.  William  C.  Brobston 
was  received  as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry.  Rev.  E. 
D.  Ledyard  was  licensed  to  preach  the  gospel.  Mr.  Ed- 
ward Capp  was  taken  under  the  care  of  Presbytery  as 
a  candidate  for  the  ministry.     Rev.  John  Moore  was 


34  •  HISTORY   OF   THE 

appointed  Stated  Supply  of  the  Hestonville  Church  for 
six  months.  Rev.  S.  A.  Mutch  more  having  accepted  a 
call  from  the  Cohocksink  Church,  arrangements  were 
made  for  his  installation  on  Jan.  17. 

April  1.  Rev.  Alfred  Paull  was  received  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Washington.  The  corporate  title  of  the 
Penn  Church  ^vas  reported  as  legally  changed  to  that 
of  the  iTorth  Tenth  Street  Presbyterian  Church,  and 
the  change  was  approved  by  Presbytery.  Rev.  William 
Speer,  D.D.,  ^vas  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Southern  Minnesota.  Rev.  J.  G.  Bolton  was  received 
as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry.  Rev.  T.  J.  Aiken 
and  J.  A.  McGowan  were  licensed  to  preach  the  gospel. 

April  8.  Rev.  E.  M.  Long  of  the  German  Reformed 
Classis  of  Philadelphia  was  received  on  certificate  from 
that  body. 

May  28.  Rev.  John  Moore  was  appointed  Stated 
Supply  of  Hestonville  Church  for  six  months.  Rev. 
A.  A.  Willits,  D.D.,  was  received  from  the  l^orth 
Classis  of  Long  Island,  and,  having  accepted  a  call  at 
the  West  Arch  Street  Church,  arrangements  were  made 
for  his  installation  on  June  2. 

June  24.  The  pastoral  relation  of  Rev.  R.  M.  Patter- 
son to  Great  Valley  Church  was,  at  his  request,  dis- 
solved, and  Mr.  Patterson  was  dismissed  to  the 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia.     July  8.   The  Memorial 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      35 

Church   was   dissolved.     Mr.    C.    Rene   Gregory   was 
received  as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry. 

Oct.  14th.  The  Eev.  Alfred  PauU  was  appointed 
Stated  Supply  of  the  Hestonville  Church  for  six  months. 
The  Committee  on  the  union  of  the  two  branches  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  reported  in  favor  of  a  union, 
provided  it  can  be  effected  on  a  sound  doctrinal  basis. 
Mr.  E.  P.  Heberton  w^as  licensed  to  preach  the  gospel. 

1868. 

January  13th.  Mr.  Edward  Dillon  was  received  as  a 
candidate  for  the  ministry.  Rev.  H.  B.  Lambe  was 
received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Warren.  Rev.  E.  P. 
Heberton  having  accepted  a  call  from  the  Great  Valley 
Church,  arrangements  were  made  for  his  ordination 
and  installation  on  the  second  Monday  of  April.  Mr. 
H.  R.  Hall  was  licensed  to  preach  the  gospel.  Eeb.  3. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Sabbath  question 
was  unanimously  adopted. 

Church  at  Jacksonville,  Florida. 

A  petition  from  the  officers  and  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Jacksonville,  Florida,  asking 
to  be  taken  under  the  care  of  this  Presbytery,  was  pre- 
sented, and  as  the  Presbytery  of  Florida  with  which 
they  were  formerly  connected  had  seceded  from  the 
General  Assembly,  and  there  was  no  other  Presbytery 


36  HISTORY   OF   THE 

within  the  state  of  Florida,  adhering  to  the  Assembly 
with  which  the  petitioners  could  be  connected,  their 
petition  was  granted. 

April  13.  A  call  was  presented  from  the  Hestonville 
Church  to  the  Rev.  Alfred  Paull  for  his  pastoral  ser- 
vices, and  Mr.  Paull  had  leave  to  retain  it  hi  his  hands 
until  the  Fall  meeting. 

July  13.  Rev.  J.  W.  Schenck  was  received  from  the 
Reformed  Classis  of  Philadelphia.  Mr.  James  K. 
Wilson  and  Mr.  ^N".  J.  Rubenkam  were  received  as 
candidates  for  the  ministry.  July  14.  Mr.  E.  P.  Capp 
was  licensed  to  preach  the  gospel. 

October  12.  The  pastoral  relation  of  Rev.  Dr.  Mus- 
grave  to  the  x^orth  Tenth  Street  Church,  at  his  request, 
was  dissolved.  The  Rev.  George  W.  Burroughs  was 
received  from  the  Presbytery  of  ]^assau.  The  Rev. 
Alfred  Paull  accepted  the  call  given  him  from  the 
Hestonville  Church. 

1869. 

January  11.  Rev.  Matthew  ^NTewkirk  was  received 
from  the  Presbytery  of  Kew  Castle,  and,  having  ac- 
cepted a  call  from  the  Korth  Tenth  Church,  arrange- 
ments were  made  for  his  installation  January  17, 1869. 
The  Rev.  W.  Jarrett  was  received  under  the  care  of 
the  Presbytery  as  a  Foreign  Minister  on  probation. 
Rev.  Alfred  Paull  was  installed  pastor  of  the  Heston- 
ville Church,  February  7th. 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      37 

Re-Union. 

The  following  paper  was  offered  by  the  Eev.  G. 
W.  Musgrave,  D.D.,  and  unanimously  and  cordially 
adopted : — 

"Whereas,  both  branches  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
have  expressed  their  agreement  in  doctrine  and  polity, 
and  w^hereas  their  reunion  without  any  unnecessary 
delay  is  highly  desirable,  Therefore, 

Besolved^  1.  That  we  cordially  approve  of  reunion  on 
the  basis  of  our  common  standards,  pure  and  simple, 
leaving  all  matters  which  have  been  the  subjects  of 
negotiation  between  the  two  (branches)  bodies  to  be 
afterwards  settled  by  the  united  Church. 

Resolved^  2.  That  we  respectfully^  suggest  to  all  Pres- 
byteries of  both  branches  which  may  approve  of  the 
foregoing  resolution  to  adopt  the  same,  in  order  that  the 
Assemblies  may  consummate  the  union  upon  this  basis 
without  further  negotiation  or  delay. 

April  12.  Arrangements  were  made  for  the  ordina- 
tion of  Mr.  E.  P.  Capp  as  a  Missionary  to  China  on 
April  19.  C.  R.  Gregory  and  William  "W.  Heberton 
were  licensed  to  preach  the  gospel. 

Overture  Approved. 

July  12.     The  overture  on  the  union   of   the  two 
branches  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  sent  down  to  the 
U) 


38  HISTORY   OF   THE 

Presbyteries  by  the  last  General  Assembly  was 
approved. 

E-ev.  Dr.  T.  M.  Cunningham's  pastoral  relation  to  the 
Alexander  Church  was,  at  his  request,  dissolved. 

September  27.  Rev.  John  Swing's  pastoral  relation  to 
Trinity  Church  was,  at  his  request,  dissolved.  October 
11.  Rev.  W.  W.  McNair  was  received  from  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Chippewa.  Mr.  W,  P.  Patterson,  Jr.,  was 
received  from  the  Presbytery  of  !N"ew  Castle  as  a  candi- 
date for  the  ministry. 

'  1870. 

January  10.  Mr.  Clarence  Geddes  was  received  as  a 
candidate  for  the  ministry.  The  pastoral  relation  of 
Rev.  J.  W.  Porter  and  the  church  of  Charlestown  was 
dissolved.  The  death  of  the  Rev.  R.  W.  Henry,  D.D., 
was  announced,  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  pre- 
pare a  suitable  minute.  A  call  from  the  Trinity 
Church  to  Rev.  R.  A.  Brown  was  presented  and 
accepted.  April  19.  Rev.  George  F.  Cain  was  received 
from  the  Presbytery  of  Erie.  The  committee  on  new 
churches  reported  that,  as  directed,  a  church  had  been 
organized  in  due  form  under  the  name  of  the  Columbia 
Avenue  Presbyterian  Church.  A  call  from  Alexander 
Church  for  the  pastoral  services  of  the  Rev.  George  F. 
Cain  was  presented.  The  Rev.  William  H.  Hodge  was 
received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Connecticut,  accepted 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      39 

a  call  from  the  Columbia  Avenue  Church,  and  arrange- 
ments made  for  his  installation  on  June  20. 

Obituary  Notice  of  Dr.  R.  W.  Henry. 

Whereas,  the  Central  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia 
have  received  intelligence  of  the  decease  of  their  late 
beloved  brother  and  co-presbyter,  the  Rev.  E,.  W, 
Henry,  D.D.,  while  on  an  Eastern  tour  at  Alexandria, 
Egypt,  on  the  18th  day  of  October,  1869,  therefore, 

JResolved,  1.  That  it  is  with  deep  sorrow  they  have 
heard  of  this  bereavement,  and  whilst  they  deeply  feel 
and  mourn  their  loss,  they  bow  submissively  and  with 
acquiescence  to  the  Sovereign  will  of  the  all-wise  Re- 
deemer, recognizing  His  right  to  order  all  the  affairs  of 
His  Church  according  to  the  counsel  of  His  own  will, 
and  acknowledging  His  grace  and  faithfulness  to  His 
servant  in  the  abounding  consolations  and  unwavering 
assurance  wherewith  he  filled  his  heart,  although  far 
from  home,  and  in  the  midst  of  strangers,  and  in  the 
tender  compassion  wherewith  he  at  length  so  gently 
unlocked  the  earthly  tenement. 

Resolved^  2.  That  this  Presbytery  bear  their  united 
and  cordial  testimony  to  the  uniform  and  consistent 
piety  of  their  departed  brother,  to  his  love  for  souls, 
his  devotion  to  the  interest  of  the  church,  and  his  zeal 
for  the  glory  of  Christ :  and  that  as  a  man  he  was  emi- 
nently kind,  amiable  and  courteous,  as  a  Christian  he 
was  consistent  and  devoted,  as  a  minister  of  the  Lord 


40  HISTORY   OF    THE 

Jesus  Christ,  as  a  preacher  of  the  word,  and  as  a  pastor 
he  was  most  faithful. 

Resolved^  3.  This  Presbytery  w^ould  express  their 
gratitude  to  God  for  the  efficient  labors  of  His  servant 
in  the  church  on  earth,  and  they  rejoice  in  the  assur- 
ance that,  having  served  the  Master  faithfully  in  his 
day,  he  has  been  taken  to  his  reward  in  heaven ;  and 
they  would  be  reminded  by  his  sudden  departure  that 
the  time  is  short,  and  that  the  night  cometh  in  which 
no  man  can  work. 

May  3.  The  call  from  the  Alexander  Church  to  Rev. 
Geo.  F.  Cain  was  placed  in  his  hands,  accepted,  and  ar- 
rangements made  for  his  installation  on  May  9.  Sabbath 
evening.  May  15,  was  appointed  for  the  installation  of 
Rev.  R.  A.  Brown  as  pastor  of  Trinity  Church.  May 
16.  The  Rev.  B.  L.  Agnew  was  received  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  accepted  a  call  from  the 
I^orth  Church,  and  arrangements  were  made  for  his 
installation  on  the  ensuing  Sabbath  afternoon. 

Organization  of  Presbytery  after  the  Reunion. 

After  the  reunion  of  the  two  branches  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  the  U.  S.  A.,  the  General  Assembly 
met  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  city  of 
Philadelphia,  and  there  adopted  what  is  entitled  the 
"  Enabling  Act  of  1870"  for  the  reconstruction  of  the 
Synods  throughout  the  entire  church,  the  8th  section 
©f  which  act  reads  as  follows  : — 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      41 

"  8.  The  Synod  of  Philadelphia  is  hereby  constituted 
to  consist  of  the  Presbyteries  and  imrts  of  Presbyteries 
included  in  the  district  between  the  eastern  line  of 
Pennsylvania  and  the  west  lines  of  the  counties  of 
Bradford,  Sullivan,  Luzerne,  Schuylkill,  Lebanon,  and 
York,  and  to  it  are  also  attached  the  Presbyteries  of 
Western  Africa,  -to  meet  on  the  21st  of  June,  1870, 
at  8  P.  M.,  in  Spring  Garden  Church,  Philadelphia, 
and  to  be  opened  with  a  sermon  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Stew- 
art, or,  in  his  absence,  by  ,  and  the  Synod  of 

Philadelphia  is  hereby  declared  to  be  the  legal  successor 
of  the  Synods  of  Philadelphia  and  Pennsylvania,  and 
as  such  is  entitled  to  the  possession  and  enjoyment  of 
all  the  rights  and  franchises,  and  liable  for  the  perform- 
ance of  all  the  duties  of  those  Synods." 

1870. 

In  pursuance  of  the  foregoing  act  the  Synod  of 
Philadelphia  met  in  the  Spring  Garden  Church  at  the 
time  specified  and  was  regularly  organized.  At  this 
meeting  of  Synod  an  act  was  passed  reorganizing  the 
Presbyteries  within  its  bounds,  the  2d  section  of  which 
act  reads  as  follows : — 

"11.  The  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  Central  is 
hereby  constituted  to  consist  of  the  ministers  and 
churches  in  the  city  and  county  of  Philadelphia,  be- 
tween the  centre  of  Market  Street  and  the  centre  of 


42  HISTORY   OF   THE 

Allegheny  Avenue,  and  the  Delaware  river  and  the 
western  line  of  the  city,  to  meet  in  the  Spring  Garden 
Church  on  the  23d  of  June,  1870,  immediately  after 
the  adjournment  of  the  Synod ;  the  Rev.  George  W. 
Musgrave,  D.D.,  or  in  his  absence  the  oldest  minister 
present,  to  preside  until  a  Moderator  is  chosen,  and  the 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  Central  is  hereby  declared  to 
be  the  legal  successor  of  the  Centi^al  Presbytery  of  Phila- 
delphia^ and  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  Third,  and 
as  such  is  entitled  to  the  possession  and  enjoyment  of 
all  the  rights  and  franchises,  and  liable  to  the  perform- 
ance of  all  the  duties  of  those  Presbyteries." 

A  true  copy  of  the  act  of  the  Synod  of  Philadelphia. 
Signed,  Wm.  E.  Moore, 

Stated  Clerk, 

First  Meeting  of  Presbytery. 

In  pursuance  of  the  foregoing  act  of  the  Synod  of 
Philadelphia,  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  Central 
met  in  the  Spring  Garden  Church  immediately  after 
the  adjournment  of  Synod  on  Thursday,  June  23,  1870, 
at  IJ  o'clock  P.  M.,  and  was  called  to  order  and  opened 
with  prayer  by  the  Rev.  George  W.  Musgrave,  D.D., 
LL.D.  Rev.  W.  T.  Eva  was  elected  Moderator ;  Rev. 
B.  L.  Agnew,  Stated  Clerk ;  Rev.  James  Y.  Mitchell, 
Permanent  Clerk ;  Mr.  Gilbert  Combs,  Temporary 
Clerk  ;  and  Mr.  J.  A.  Gardner,  Treasurer. 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL. 


43 


Candidates  under  the  Care  of  Presbytery  at  its  Organization. 

F.  Donleavy  Long,  E.  H.  Scott, 

Wm.  C.  Brobston,  C.  Rene  Gregory, 

James  G.  Bolton,  Edward  GuIUon, 

E.  Dillon,  James  K.  Wilson, 

N.  J.  Rubinkam,  Augustus  F.  Vollmer, 

Wm.  McDuffee,  Wm.  P.  Patterson, 

William  Wiely,  Clarence  Geddes, 

Gerald  F.  Dale,  C.  Baldy  Austin. 


Ministers  in  Presbytery 

James  M.  Olmstead,  D.D,, 

Michael  Burdett, 

W.  M.  Cornell,  D.D., 

Geo.  W.  Musgrave,  D.D.,  LL.D., 

Peter  Parker, 

Jeremiah  Miller, 

Ephraim  D.  Saunders,  D.D., 

James  Clark,  D.D., 

W.  W.  Taylor, 

Wm.  R.  Work, 

William  T.  Eva, 

James  G.  Shinn, 

Peter  Stryker,  D.D., 

A.  A.  Willits,  D.D., 

Alfred  Paull, 

John  W.  Hears,  D.D., 

John  Moore, 

E.  J.  Pierce, 

Edwin  M.  Long, 


at  its  Organization. 

Leeds  K.  Berridge, 

T.  J.  Shepherd,  D.D., 

Samuel  Fulton, 

Chas.  E.  Ford, 

Charles  F.  Diver, 

G.  F.  Wisnell,  D.D., 

John  Lyon, 

W.  O.  Johnstone, 

Wra.  Speer,  D.D., 

Geo.  W.  Burroughs, 

S.  A.  Mutchmore, 

Henry  A.  Smith, 

Frank  L.  Robbins, 

Alex.  Scott, 

J.  Addison  Henry, 

George  Locher, 

A.  M.  Jelly, 

J.  Hervey  Beale, 

W.  B.  Culliss, 


44  HISTORY   OF   THE 

Francis  Hendricks,  Matthew  Newkirk, 

Robert  A.  Brown,  J.  L.  Withrow, 

George  W.  Cox,  Geo.  F.  Cain, 

James  Y.  Mitchell,  W.  H.  Hodge, 

J.  T.  G.  Jennison,  M.  P.  Jones, 

Alex.  Reed,  D.U.,  Thos.  J.  Brown, 

D.  A.  Cunningham,  W.  W.  McNair, 

B.  L.  Agnew,  Sylvanus  Sayre. 

Election  of  Moderators. 

Oct.  4  it  was  resolved  that  in  the  election  of  Mode- 
rators of  Presbytery  the  roll  be  gone  through  with 
beginning  at  the  top  of  the  roll  and  the  Moderator  be 
chosen  according  to  seniority  of  ordination.  The  pas- 
toral relation  of  Rev.  P.  Stryker,  D.D.,  to  the  [N'orth 
Broad  Street  Church,  was,  at  his  request,  dissolved. 
The  Standing  Rules  of  Presbytery  were  adopted.  The 
death  of  the  Rev.  I^athaniel  Frost,  Chaplain  in  the  U. 
S.  ^avy,  and  formerly  member  of  the  Third  Presby- 
tery, was  reported  as  having  occurred  July  14,  1868. 

1871. 
Jan.  3.  The  death  of  the  Rev.  James  M.  Olmstead, 
D.D.,  was  announced,  and  a  committee  appointed  to  pre- 
pare a  suitable  minute  in  regard  to  it.  Permission  was 
granted  Cohocksink  Church  to  occupy  the  territory 
west  of  ^N'inth  Street,  east  of  Broad,  and  north  of 
Montgomery,  as  ground  for  a  missionary  enterprise. 


PRESBYTERY   OF  PHILADELPHIA   CENTRAL.  45 

Total  Abstinence. 

Presbytery  unanimously  endorsed  the  action  ofS3^nod 
in  "  recommending  the  cause  of  total  abstinence  from 
the  use  and  traffic  in  intoxicating  liquors  as  a  beverage, 
to  the  prayers,  labors,  and  support  of  the  churches 
under  its  care." 

Obituary  Notice  of  Rev.  Dr.  Olmstead. 

"Whereas,  the  Rev.  James  M.  Olmstead,  D.D.,  a 
member  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  Central,  was 
on  the  16th  day  of  October,  1870,  called  to  his  rest  and 
reward,  therefore, 

"  Resolved^  1.  That  we  the  members  of  this  Presbytery 
who  are  still  left  to  pray  and  toil  on  in  the  service  of 
our  divine  Master,  express  our  high  appreciation  of  the 
Christian  character  and  ministerial  faithfulness  of  our 
departed  brother  and  father,  who  was  wise  in  counsel 
and  lovely  in  life. 

"  Resolved^  2.  That  we  express  our  gratitude  to  the 
Great  Head  of  the  Church  for  the  long  and  useful  life 
of  his  servant,  honored  as  he  was  during  a  ministry  of 
more  than  forty  years,  in  gathering  many  precious  souls 
into  the  kingdom,  and  training  them  for  a  place  among 
the  ransomed. 

''' Resolved,  3.  That  we  recognize  in  the  calm  and 
peaceful  departure  of  this  man  of  God,  the  power  of 
divine  grace  to  give  to  the  believer  in  Jesus  the  sweet 


46  HISTORY   OF   THE 

assurance  of  acceptance,  and  lift  the  soul  above  all  fear 
of  death  and  the  grave." 

April  4.  The  pastoral  relation  of  Rev.  G.  F.  Cain 
to  the  Alexander  Church  was,  at  his  request,  dissolved. 
Mr.  Edwin  W.  Long  was  received  as  a  candidate  for  the 
ministry.  April  10.  Rev.  Robert  D.  Harper,  D.D., 
was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Indianapolis.  Dr. 
Harper  having  accepted  a  call  from  the  IN'orth  Broad 
Street  Church,  arrangements  were  made  for  his  instal- 
lation on  the  4th  Sabbath  in  April. 

Presbyterian  Hospital. 

Presbytery,  after  recognizing  the  noble  and  generous 
offer  of  the  Rev.  E.  D.  Saunders,  D.D.,  of  his  property 
in  West  Philadelphia,  to  the  Presbyterian  Alliance, 
for  the  purposes  of  a  Presbyterian  Hospital,  and  the 
acceptance  of  the  offer  by  that  body,  commended 
strongly  the  work  of  establishing  the  Hospital  to  the 
liberality  of  the  people  of  their  congregations  and  to 
the  public  at  large. 

Temperance. 
On  motion  of  Rev.  B.  L.  Agnew,  a  memorial  to  the 
General  Assembly  was  unanimously  adopted  asking 
that  "  venerable  body  to  give  to  the  Church  and  the 
world  a  clear  and  unmistakable  deliverance  of  our  re- 
united Church  concerning  the  admission  to,  or  continu- 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      47 

ance  in,  the  communion  of  the  Church  of  any  person 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  intoxicating 
liquors  as  a  beverage." 

May  15.  Rev.  W.  W.  Taylor's  pastoral  relation  to 
Olivet  Church,  at  his  request,  was  dissolved.  July  11. 
The  installation  of  Rev.  Dr.  Harper  April  3, 1871,  over 
the  I^orth  Broad  Street  Church  was  reported.  Mr. 
Madison  M.  Long  was  received  as  a  candidate  for  the 
ministry.  Rev.  T.  J.  Brown's  pastoral  relation  to  the 
Logan  Square  Church  was,  at  his  request,  dissolved. 
The  name  of  Rev.  J.  McCluskey,  D.D.,  was  entered  on 
the  roll  of  Presbytery.  The  death  of  E.  H.  Scott,  a 
candidate,  was  announced. 

Sept.  4.  A  call  from  the  Richmond  Church  was  pre- 
sented to  Mr.  Henry  J.  Owen,  a  licentiate  under  the 
care  of  the  Presbytery  of  West  Chester. 

Notice  of  the  Death  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  Miller. 

"  Whereas,  this  Presbytery,  since  its  last  meeting,  has 
heard  of  the  death,  on  July  27, 1871,  of  Rev.  Jeremiah 
Miller,  therefore, 

*''' Resolved,  1.  That  it  is  with  profound  sorrow  we 
mourn  the  event  that  has  called  away  from  our  midst 
a  fellow-laborer  in  the  kingdom  of  our  Lord  and  Mas- 
ter, yet  in  this  event  we  adore  the  goodness  and  grace 
of  God  that  called  our  departed  brother  into  the  minis- 
try, and  made  that  ministry  successful    in   bringing 


48  HISTORY   OF   THE 

many  precious  souls  to  Christ,  and  in  the  building  up 
of  the  church  of  God. 

"  Resolved^  2.  That  we  cherish  in  delightful  remem- 
brance his  pleasant  intercourse  and  consistent  Christian 
character,  endeavoring  to  learn  from  this  bereaving 
providence  the  lessons  of  wisdom  G-od  would  teach  us." 

Sept.  11.  A  call  from  Olivet  Church  was  presented 
to  Rev.  Loyal  Y.  Graham,  of  the  Presbytery  of  Redstone. 

Oct.  3.  Rev.  Peter  Q.  Wilson  was  received  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Syracuse.  Mr.  Robert  Elliott  was  re- 
ceived as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry.  Oct.  9.  Mr.  H. 
J.  Owen  having  accepted  the  call  to  Richmond  Church, 
arrangements  were  made  for  his  installation  on  the  16th 
inst.  Oct.  16.  Rev„  Loyal  Graham  was  received,  and  hav- 
ing accepted  a  call  from  Olivet  Church,  his  installation 
was  appointed  for  the  29th  inst. 

1872. 

Feb.  5.  Rev.  Isaac  A.  Cornelison  was  received  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Peoria.  Rev.  Francis  Hendricks  accepted 
a  call  from  the  Second  Mantua  Church,  and  arrange- 
ments were  made  for  his  installation.  April  2.  Rev. 
Charles  F.  Thomas,  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  was  received 
as  a  member  of  Presbytery.  A  call  for  the  pastoral 
services  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  A.  Mutchmore,  D.D.,  was 
presented  from  the  Alexander  Church.  A  call  from 
the  Logan  Square  Church  to  Rev.  Isaac  A.  Cornelison 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      49 

was  presented  and  accepted,  and  arrangements  made  for 
his  installation.  Rev.  Alfred  Paull  resigned  the  charge 
of  Hestonville  Church.  A  committee  was  appointed  to 
organize  a  church  in  the  George  Chandler  Mission  if 
the  way  be  clear.  This  church  was  organized  as  the 
"  George  Chandler  Mission  Church"  on  Sabbath,  April 
21,  1872. 

Temperance   Again. 

April  29.  The  following  resolution  was  unanimously 
adopted : — 

"  Resolved^  that  this  Presbytery,  in  hearty  sympathy 
with  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
in  its  emphatic  deliverance  against  intemperance,  with 
the  judges  of  the  courts  in  Philadelphia  in  their  efforts 
to  suppress  unlicensed  drinking  places  and  the  illegal 
sale  of  liquors  on  the  Sabbath,  and  with  all  good  citi- 
zens of  the  commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  in  their  en- 
deavors to  abate  the  evils  of  drunkenness,  earnestly 
recommends  to  the  members  of  its  churches  so  to  com- 
bine their  influence  as  to  restrain  more  effectually  the 
liquor  traffic,  and  as  to  secure,  with  God's  blessing,  the 
triumph  of  sobriety  and  religion." 

May  7.  Dr.  Mutchmore  accepted  the  call  from  Alex- 
ander Church,  his  pastoral  relation  to  the  Cohocksink 
Church  was  dissolved,  and  arrangements  were  made  for 
his  installation  on  the  third  Sabbath  of  September. 


50  HISTORY   OF   THE 

July  2.  Joseph  Whitefield  Scroggs  and  John  William 
Campbell  were  received  as  candidates  for  the  ministry. 
Mr.  D.  K.  Campbell  accepted  a  call  from  the  Heston- 
ville  Church,  and  arrangements  were  made  for  his  in- 
stallation. 

Oct.  1.  Mr.  William  B.  Eeed  was  received  as  a  can- 
didate for  the  ministry. 

Minute  on  Death  of  Dr.  Saunders. 

"Rev.  Ephraim  D.  Saunders,  D.D.,  having  departed 
this  life  on  September  13, 1872,  the  Presbytery  of  Phila- 
delphia Central  (with  which  the  reverend  gentleman 
has  been  connected  since  its  organization)  desire  to 
place  on  record  our  highest  appreciation  of  Dr.  Saun- 
ders as  a  man  and  minister,  and  to  express  our  profound 
gratitude  to  the  Great  Head  of  the  Church  for  the 
various  services  to  the  cause  of  the  Church  and  country 
which  in  his  long  and  useful  career  he  was  enabled  to 
perform. 

"As  a  pastor  previous  to  his  coming  to  our  city,  he 
was  useful,  exemplary,  and  diligent,  and  at  least  four 
church  edifices  were  reared  by  his  efforts  to  the  glory 
of  God. 

"As  a  patriot,  his  labors,  in  behalf  of  our  country 
and  city,  were  so  well  known  and  appreciated  that  to 
refer  to  them  may  be  regarded  as  sufficient,  especially 
as  the  gift  of  his  only  son  and  child  to  the  cause  of  the 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      51 

country  may  be  pointed  to  as  a  most  conclusive  proof 
of  his  devotion. 

"As  an  educator  his  success  was  marked,  and  his 
memory  will  be  respectfully  cherished  by  the  young 
men  who  were  trained  under  his  care. 

"  In  the  last  days  of  our  respected  brother's  life  he  was 
greatly  blessed  in  that  he  was  permitted,  in  conjunction 
with  the  Presbyterian  Alliance,  to  lay  the  foundation 
of  the  most  useful,  popular,  and  excellent  institution 
ever  organized  in  connection  with  our  Church  in  this 
city,  namely,  the  Presbyterian  Hospital.  For  the 
liquidation  of  the  debt  on  those  premises  he  has 
labored,  during  the  last  twelve  months  of  his  life, 
with  great  assiduity  and  such  success  that  subscrip- 
tions to  the  amount  of  $92,000  have  crowned  the  work. 

"  In  the  fact  of  our  dear  brother  being  called  away 
so  suddenly,  in  the  vigor  of  his  manhood  and  midst  of 
his  usefulness,  we  recognize  a  summons  to  each  of  us 
to  do  what  our  hands  find  to  do,  as  remembering  the 
Divine  Master's  declaration,  '  Blessed  are  they  who 
when  he  cometh,  he  shall  find  so  doing.' " 

Presbyterian  Hospital. 

^ov.  4.  It  was  resolved  that  all  our  Churches  be  and 
are  hereby  earnestly  recommended  to  tal^e  up  an  annual 
collection  on  Thanksgiving  day,  or  on  any  Sabbath  as 


52  HISTORY   OF   THE 

near  to  that  time  as  practicable,  for  the  Presbyterian 
Hospital  in  Philadelphia. 

A  call  from  the  Hestonville  Church  for  the  pastoral 
services  of  Eev.  Andrew  McElwain  was  presented. 

1873. 

Jan.  7.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  prepare  a 
minute  in  reference  to  the  death  of  Rev.  Alfred  Paull. 
A  call  from  the  Cohocksink  Church  for  the  pastoral 
services  of  the  Eev.  William  Greenough  was  presented. 

Feb.  10.  Pev.  Wm.  Greenough  was  received  from 
the  Presbytery  of  Pittsburgh,  and,  having  accepted  the 
call  to  the  Cohocksink  Church,  his  installation  was  ap- 
pointed for  Feb.  23. 

Minute  on  the  Death  of  Rev.  A.  Paull. 

"  The  Eev.  Alfred  Paull  having  departed  this  life  on 
^N'overaber  ,  1872,  this  Presbytery  takes  pleasure  in 
placing  upon  record  its  emphatic  testimony  to  the  great 
worth  and  loveliness  of  his  character  as  a  Christian  man 
and  minister  of  our  Lord  Jesus.  The  chief  feature  in 
his  personal  character  was  that  of  gentleness,  which  was 
beautifully  blended  with  true  Christian  humility  and 
goodness.  He  was  well  qualified  for  the  service  of 
Christ  in  the  ministry  by  mental  ability  and  good 
scholarship,  as  also  by  a  heart  full  of  love  for  Christ 
and   the  souls  of  men.     His  preaching   manifested   a 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      53 

sincere  interest  in  his  hearers  and  an  earnest  desire  to 
lead  them  to  the  Saviour  and  to  advance  them  in  holi- 
ness. He  consecrated  himself  and  his  property  to  the 
Lord,  and  this  Presbytery  acknowledges  that  it  and  the 
church  at  large  owe  a  debt  of  gratitude  to  him  for  the 
liberality  he  continually  exercised.  He  was  delicate  in 
physical  constitution  from  the  time  of  his  first  entrance 
upon  the  ministry,  but  it  was  his  privilege  to  spend 
many  useful  years  in  his  Lord's  service,  and,  dying  full 
of  peace  and  joy,  to  leave  behind  him  a  lovely  and 
bright  example  as  a  minister  and  a  Christian  for  us 
both  to  admire  and  follow." 

April  1.  Rev.  A.  Poulson  was  received  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Fort  Wayne,  and  Pev.  W.  J.  Wright 
from  the  Presbytery  of  Athens.  The  "Presbyterian 
Home  for  Widows  and  Single  Women  in  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania,"  was  cordially  and  earnestly  recom- 
mended to  the  most  generous  patronage  of  all  good 
people.  A  call  from  the  George  Chandler  Mission  for 
the  pastoral  services  of  Rev.  James  A.  Marshall  w^as 
presented.  Rev.  Cochran  Forbes  was  received  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia.  A  committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  meet  on  the  evening  of  May  5,  at  Bethune 
Hall,  and  organize  a  church  if  the  way  be  clear ;  the 
church  to  be  located  at  the  corner  of  Broad  and  Dia- 
mond streets.  The  pastoral  relation  of  the  Rev.  R.  A. 
Brown  to  Trinity  Church  was,  at  his  request,  dissolved^ 
(5) 


54  HISTORY   OF   THE 

It  was  recommended  that  some  plan  of  systematic  con- 
tribution, weekly  or  monthly,  be  adopted  in  all  the 
churches  of  the  Presbytery. 

AjDril  15.  A  call  for  the  pastoral  services  of  Eev.  M. 
IRewkirk  was  presented  from  the  church  organized  at 
Broad  and  Diamond  streets.  Eev.  Andrew  McElwain 
accepted  a  call  from  Hestonville  Church,  and  the  last 
Sabbath  of  April  was  appointed  for  his  installation. 

May  5.  Mr.  IS'ewkirk  accepted  the  call  from  the 
Broad  and  Diamond  street  Church ;  installation  fixed 
for  June  1.  Rev.  J.  A.  Marshall  was  received  from 
Presbytery  of  Pittsburgh,  accepted  the  call  from  the 
George  Chandler  Mission  Church,  and  arrangements 
were  made  for  his  installation.  June  2.  The  pastoral 
relation  of  the  Rev.  Alexander  Reed,  D.D.,  to  the  Cen- 
tral Church  was,  at  his  request,  dissolved,  that  he  might 
take  charge  of  the  South  Presbyterian  Church,  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.  The  Third  Reformed  Church  of  the  city 
was,  at  its  request,  received  into  connection  with  Pres- 
bytery, and  this  church  and  the  Western  Church  were 
united  under  the  name  of  Immanuel  Church. 

Sept.  1.  Rev.  Robert  Graham  was  received  from  the 
Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  in  ^N'orth  America,  and 
Mr.  Andrew  Lees,  a  candidate  for  the  ministry,  was  re- 
ceived from  the  Presbytery  of  San  Francisco.  Rev. 
Alfred  H.  Kellogg  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
New  York,  and,  having  accepted  a  call  to  the  Central 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      55 

Church,  arrangements  were  made  for  his  installation  on 
the  15th  Sept. 

Sept.  22.  The  pastoral  relation  of  the  Eev.  J.  L. 
Withrow,  D.D.,  was  dissolved  that  he  might  accept  a 
call  from  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  of  Indian- 
apolis. 'Nov.  10.  Eev.  Charles  A.  Smith,  D.D.,  Rev. 
J.  Ford  Sutton,  and  Eev.  B.  B.  Parsons  were  received 
as  members  of  Presbytery.  Arrangements  were  made 
for  the  installation  of  Dr.  Parsons  as  pastor  of  Trinity 
Church.  Dr.  Wadsworth  was  received  from  the  Classis 
of  Philadelphia.  Eev.  W.  B.  Culliss,  having  accepted 
a  call  to  the  North  Tenth  Street  Church,  December  30 
was  appointed  for  his  installation. 

1874. 

January  6.  Eev.  Mr.  Hendricks'  pastoral  relation  to 
the  Second  Mantua  Church,  at  his  request,  was  dis- 
solved. Feb.  2.  Mr.  Walter  Q.  Scott,  a  licentiate,  was  re- 
ceived from  the  Presbytery  of  Lehigh,  and,  having  ac- 
cepted a  call  to  the  Arch  Street  Church,  the  15th  inst. 
was  appointed  for  his  ordination  and  installation. 

April  7.  Mr.  William  B.  Eeed  was  licensed  to  preach 
the  gospel  and  ordained.  May  6.  A  call  from  Second 
Mantua  Church  for  the  pastoral  services  of  Eev.  J.  M. 
Thompson  was  presented ;  the  call  being  accepted,  he 
was  installed  May  7. 

July  7.  Mr.  Andrew  Lees  was  licensed  to  preach  the 


56  HISTORY   OF   THE 

gospel.  Sept.  8.  Mr.  James  K.  Wilson  was  received 
as  a  licentiate  from  the  Presbytery  of  Chicago.  Oct.  6. 
The  Eev.  Joseph  H.  Kummer  was  received  from  the 
Moravian  Church.  The  Rev.  Alexander  Sinclair  w^as 
received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Erie.  The  pastoral 
relation  of  Rev.  A.  H.  Kellogg  to  the  Central  Church, 
at  his  request,  was  dissolved.  The  name  of  Kenderton 
Church  was  changed  to  Tioga  Street  Church  on  the  roll 
of  Presbytery.  Mr.  Harry  A.  Mackubbin  was  received 
as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry.  A  committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  organize  a  church  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Sixth  Street  and  Lehigh  Avenue,  if  the  way  be  clear. 

Nov.  10.  Rev.  Thomas  L.  Janeway,  D.D.,  was  re- 
ceived from  the  Presbytery  of  ISTew  Brunswick,  and 
Mr.  David  J.  Waller,  a  licentiate  from  the  Presbytery 
of  ]N"orthumberland.  A  call  from  Logan  Square 
Church  for  the  pastoral  services  of  Mr.  D.  J.  Waller 
w^as  presented  and  accepted.  l!^ov.  23.  Mr.  Waller  was 
ordained  and  installed.  Nov.  30.  The  pastoral  relation 
of  Rev.  W.  B.  Culliss  to  the  North  Tenth  Street  Church 
was  dissolved  at  his  request. 

1875.    Minutes  of  Sympathy. 

Jan.  5.  Rev.  W.  R.  Work  was  appointed  to  prepare 
a  minute  expressive  of  the  sympathy  of  Presbytery  with 
Rev.  Dr.  Wiswell  in  the  death  of  his  beloved  wife. 
Rev.  C.  F.  Diver  was  appointed  to  prepare  a  minute 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      57 

expressive  of  sympathy  with  Elder  Alexander  Willdin 
in  the  death  of  his  only  daughter.  Feb.  2.  The  Rev. 
John  H.  Munro,  having  accepted  a  call  to  the  Central 
Church,  February  8  was  appointed  for  his  installation. 
Mr.  Silas  W.  Gossler  was  received  as  a  candidate  for 
the  ministry. 

April  6.  The  licensure  of  M.  Wm.  S.  Steen,  which 
expired  at  this  meeting,  was  renewed.  May  11.  By  a 
rising  and  unanimous  vote  Presbytery  invited  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  of  1876  to  meet  in  Philadelphia.  Mr. 
Henry  Brickley  was  received  as  a  candidate  for  the 
ministry.  July  6.  The  committee  appointed  to  organize 
a  church  at  Sixth  Street  and  Lehigh  Avenue  reported 
the  organization  of  said  church. 

Oct.  5.  A  call  from  the  Lehigh  Avenue  Church  for 
the  pastoral  services  of  Rev.  D.  F.  Lockerby  was  ac- 
cepted, and  arrangements  made  for  his  installation  on 
the  11th  inst.  Dec.  6.  The  pastoral  relation  of  Rev.  D. 
J.  Waller,  Jr.,  to  the  Logan  Square  Church,  at  his  re- 
quest, was  dissolved. 

1876.    Minute  on  the  Death  of  Rev.  R.  A.  Brown. 

Adopted  Jan.  4. 

"Whereas,  it  has  pleased  the  great  Head  of  the 
Church  to  call  from  his  earthly  labors,  on  ;N"ov.  21, 
1875,  the  Rev.  Robert  A.  Brown,  who  was  a  member 
of  this  Presbytery,  therefore,  resolved : — 


68  HISTORY   OF   THE 

"  1.  That  we  give  glory  to  God  for  the  divine  grace 
which  was  magnified  in  the  life  and  public  ministry  of 
our  brother. 

"  2.  That  forstrict  conscientiousness,  generous  impulse, 
warm-hearted  sympathy,  untiring  zeal  and  self-sacrifice 
for  his  Master's  honor,  it  is  believed  that  our  departed 
brother  had  few  superiors.  His  life  was  a  happy  ex- 
emplification of  the  principles  which  he  professed,  and 
an  impressive  commendation  of  the  gospel  which  he 
preached.  Possessing  a  constitution  at  no  time  vigor- 
ous, he  was  frequently  disqualified  for  the  work  to 
which  he  had  consecrated  his  life.  Under  the  influence 
of  disease  his  strength  was  gradually  wasted  until  the 
Master  bade  him  come  up  higher." 

Historical  Discourses. 

It  was  resolved  that,  in  accordance  with  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  General  Assembly,  the  pastors  of  the 
Presbytery  would  prepare  a  history  of  each  of  their 
churches,  and,  after  the  delivery  of  the  discourses,  would 
transmit  them  to  the  Presbyterian  Historical  Society 
for  preservation. 

The  Sabbath. 

In  view  of  the  desecration  of  the  Lord's  day  as  a 
great  and  growing  evil,  strong  resolutions  were  adopted 
in  favor  of  the  proper  observance  of  the  Sabbath — the 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      59 

day  which  our  fathers  recognized  and  honored,  and  the 
observance  of  which  thus  far  has  contributed  so  largely 
to  our  national  prosperity. 

Feb.  14.  The  Alexander  Church  was  authorized  to 
locate  a  mission  in  the  neio^hborhood  of  Eisihteenth 
Street  and  Montgomery  Avenue.  Feb.  28.  Rev.  D.  F. 
Lockerby  tendered  his  resignation  as  pastor  of  the 
Lehigh  Avenue  Church,  and,  at  the  next  meeting  of 
Presbytery,  his  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved.  March 
20.  At  the  request  of  Rev.  L.  Y.  Graham,  the  territory 
in  the  neighborhood,  bounded  on  the  south  by  Brown 
Street,  and  on  the  east  by  Twenty -fifth  Street,  was  as- 
sio-ned  to  Olivet  Church  as  a  mission  field. 

April  4.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  consider 
what  arrangements,  if  any,  should  be  made  for  a  public 
meeting  or  meetings  for  the  purpose  of  rendering 
thanks  for  the  large  accessions  to  the  churches  of  Pres- 
bytery during  the  year.  Meetings  were  held  in  several 
churches.  April  20.  A  call  was  presented  from  the 
^N'orth  Tenth  Street  Church  for  the  ministerial  services 
of  Mr.  Silas  W.  Gossler,  which  being  accepted,  April 
13  was  appointed  for  his  ordination  and  installation. 
Rev.  D.  F.  Lockerby  having  given  notice  that  he  re- 
nounced the  jurisdiction  of  Presbytery,  at  his  request 
his  name  was  stricken  from  the  roll.  Rev.  D.  A.  Cun- 
ningham, D.D.,  asked    leave   to  resign  his  pastoral 


60  HISTORY    OF   THE 

charge  of  Spring  Garden  Church,  and  his  request  was 
granted  at  a  meeting  on  the  13th. 

May  15.  Lehigh  Avenue  Church  was  dissolved.  June 
22.  Rev.  Edwin  H.  Nevin,  D.D.,  was  received  from  the 
Philadelphia  classis  of  the  German  Reformed  Church. 
A  committee  was  appointed  to  organize  a  mission  of 
the  Cohocksink  Church  in  the  neighborhood  of  Elev- 
enth and  Cumberland  streets,  if  the  way  be  clear.  A 
resolution  of  grateful  recognition  of  the  refusal  of  the 
Centennial  Exposition's  Commission  to  open  its  gates 
on  the  Sabbath  was  unanimously  adopted.  Rev.  James 
Y.  Mitchell's  pastoral  relation  to  Temple  Church  was 
dissolved,  that  he  might  accept  a  call  to  the  Church  of 
Lancaster,  Pa. 

September  4.  The  committee  appointed  for  the  pur- 
pose reported  the  organization  of  a  church  on  the  terri- 
tory of  the  Gaston  Mission,  on  June  26, 1876.  Oct.  23. 
A  call  was  presented  from  the  Spring  Garden  Church 
for  the  pastoral  services  of  the  Rev.  Joshua  L.  Russell 
of  the  Presbytery  of  Dayton.  IS'ov.  6.  The  committee 
on  the  proposed  mission  work  lamong  the  Germans  in 
the  northwestern  part  of  the  city  presented  a  report 
favorable  to  the  enterprise,  ^ov.  20.  Rev.  Daniel 
Poor,  D.D.,  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  San 
Francisco.  Rev.  Henry  J.  Owen  tendered  his  resigna- 
tion of  the  pastorate  of  the  Richmond  Church,  on  ac- 
count of  enfeebled  health,  and  his  request  was  granted. 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      61 

Rev.  John  H.  Munro,  pastor  of  the  Central  Church, 
asked  leave  for  that  church  to  remove  from  their  pres- 
ent site  to  one  selected  on  ISTorth  Broad  Street,  between 
Fairmount  Avenue  and  Brown  Street,  and  the  request 
was  granted.  Dec.  11.  Rev.  J.  L.  Russell  having  ac- 
cepted the  call  from  the  Spring  Garden  Church,  he  was 
received  into  Presbytery,  and  arrangements  were  made 
for  his  installation  on  Dec.  21.  Rev.  J.  M.  Thompson 
asked  permission  on  behalf  of  the  Second  Mantua 
Church  to  organize  a  mission  Sabbath  School  in  the 
neighborhood  of  Sixty-second  and  Vine  streets,  and 
permission  was  granted. 

1877. 

Jan.  2.  The  committee  on  the  First  German  Church 
recommended  the  sale  of  the  building  of  the  First 
Church  on  Otter  Street,  and  the  purchase  of  a  building  on 
Corinthian  Avenue,  which  was  afterwards  done.  Feb. 
5.  A  petition  was  presented  from  certain  persons  in 
the  neighborhood  of  Corinthian  Avenue  and  Poplar 
Street  asking  for  the  organization  of  a  Presbyterian 
church ;  referred  to  a  committee  which  afterwards  re- 
commended such  organization.  March  5.  A  petition 
was  presented  from  certain  persons,  residing  in  the 
vicinity  of  Seventeenth  and  Jefferson  streets  for  the 
most  part,  asking  to  be  organized  into  a  Presbyterian 
church  ;  referred  to  a  special  committee. 


62  HISTORY   OF   THE 

April  3.  The  name  of  the  Broad  and  Diamond  Streets 
Church  was  ordered  to  be  changed  upon  the  roll  to 
Bethlehem.  Mr.  Walter  D.  Nicholas  was  received  as 
a  licentiate  from  the  Presbytery  of  [N'ewark,  and,  hav- 
ing accepted  a  call  from  the  Temple  Church,  arrange- 
ments were  made  for  his  installation.  April  4.  The 
thanks  of  Presbytery  were  tendered  to  Prof.  E.  C. 
Smith  for  his  generous  offer  of  a  free  scholarship  for 
a  young  man  studying  for  the  ministry. 

Presbyterian  Orphanage. 

Strong  resolutions  were  adopted  respecting  a  Presby- 
terian Orphanage  in  Philadelphia,  and  a  committee 
of  five  elders  appointed  to  confer  with  similar  commit- 
tees from  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  and  the 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  North,  on  the  subject. 

April  16.  A  German  church  was  reported  as  having 
been  organized  in  the  neighborhood  of  Corinthian 
Avenue  and  Poplar  Street.  April  9.  E-ev.  Andrew 
Leeds  had  permission  to  proceed  with  the  erection  of 
a  chapel  in  process  of  building  at  Twentieth  and  Norris 
streets.  May  10.  A  church  was  reported  as  having 
been  organized  in  the  neighborhood  of  Seventeenth  and 
Jefferson  streets.  April  23.  Mr.  Charles  Bransly  and 
Mr.  Nathaniel  J.  Rubiukam  were  licensed  to  preach 
the  gospel. 

July  3.  Rev.  Thomas  M.  Watson  was  received  from 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      63 

the  U.  p.  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia.  A  call  was  pre- 
sented from  the  Church  of  the  Covenant  for  the  pastoral 
services  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  R.  Kerr  of  the  Presbytery 
of  Kew  York.  A  petition  was  presented  from  sixty- 
five  persons  in  the  neighborhood  of  Sixth  Street  and 
Lehigh  Avenue,  asking  for  the  organization  of  a  church 
in  the  building  formerly  known  as  the  Lehigh  Avenue 
Presbyterian  Church.  Luigi  de  Jesi  was  received  as  a 
candidate  for  the  ministry. 

General  Council  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

The  following  resolution  offered  by  Dr.  Eva  was 
adopted : — 

"  Whereas,  the  first  session  of  the  General  Council 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  world  is  now  being 
held  in  the  city  of  Edinburgh,  Scotland  : — 

"  Resolved,  That  we  place  on  record  this  expression 
of  our  hearty  sympathy  with  the  objects  of  that  body, 
and  regard  it  as  a  privilege  and  duty  to  offer  prayer  to 
the  great  Head  of  the  Church  that  the  Holy  Spirit  may 
guide  them  in  their  deliberations  to  such  results  as  may 
be  for  the  glory  of  God  and  the  best  interests  of  the 
church  of  Christ  in  the  world." 

Sept.  3.  The  call  for  Mr.  Kerr  from  the  Church  of 
the  Covenant  was  not  laid  before  the  Presbytery  of  ^ew 
York. 


64  HISTORY    OF   THE 

Sunday  Papers. 

Oct.  2.  Inasmuch  as  the  General  Assembly  declares 
that  any  voluntary  or  responsible  participation  in  the 
publication  and  sale  of  a  Sunday  newspaper  is  alike  in- 
consistent with  obedience  to  the  law  of  God  and  with 
membership  in  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  also  that 
Presbj^tery  may  direct  the  session  of  any  of  its  churches 
to  discipline  any  member  who  is  guilty  of  such  an 
'offence:  Resolved^  That  Presbytery  earnestly  counsels 
pastors  and  elders  to  conform  to  the  above  deliverance, 
and  also  urges  members  of  all  our  churches  to  discoun- 
tenance and  discourage  all  such  publications  by  refusing 
to  patronize  them. 

A  committee  was  appointed  to  organize  a  church  at 
Lehigh  Avenue  and  Sixth  Street,  if  the  way  be  clear. 
This  was  done  Oct.  15,  1877. 

jS'ov.  5.  The  Rev.  Wm.  C.  Rommel  was  received 
from  the  Presbytery  of  Montana.  The  Rev.  McDuff 
Simpson  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Lexing- 
ton, and,  having  accepted  a  call  from  the  Richmond 
Church,  arrangements  were  made  for  his  installation, 
Kov.  2L  Rev.  W.  C.  Rommel  was  installed  pastor  of 
Gaston  Church,  Nov.  15. 

1878. 

Jan.  8.  Rev.  John  B.  Reeve,  D.D.,  was  heard  in  re- 
lation to  the  mission  work  commenced  among  the  col- 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      65 

ored  people  within  the  bounds  of  Presbytery,  and  leave 
was  granted  to  continue  that  work.  Feb.  4.  Rev. 
Charles  E.  Burns  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
]S"ewtou,  and,  having  accepted  a  call  from  the  Lehigh 
Avenue  Church,  arrangements  were  made  for  his  in- 
stallation. Rev.  John  Richelson  was  received  from 
the  Presbytery  of  Morris  and  Orange,  and,  having  ac- 
cepted a  call  from  the  Second  German  Church,  arrange- 
ments were  made  for  his  installation  on  Feb.  19. 
March  4.  Belmont  Church  was  dissolved. 

Reception  of  Ministers  and  Licentiates  from  other 
Denominations. 

On  this  subject  the  following  action  was  taken: — 
"  Besolved,  That  when  applications  are  made  by  minis- 
ters and  licentiates  of  other  denominations  (Protestant) 
to  be  connected  with  the  Presbyterian  Church  the  Pres- 
bytery shall  require  all  the  qualifications  both  in  regard 
to  piety  and  learning  which  are  required  of  candidates 
for  licensure  or  ordination  of  those  who  have  originally 
belonged  to  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  shall  require 
the  applicants  from  other  denominations  to  continue 
their  study  and  preparation  until  they  are  found  on 
trial  and  examination  to  be  qualified  in  learning  and 
ability  to  teach  in  the  manner  required  by  our  stand- 
ards, but  when  found  to  be  thus  qualified  it  shall  not 
be  necessary  to  reordain  the  said  applicants,  but  only  to 


(jG  history  of  the 

install  them  when  the^^  are  called  to  settle  as  pastors  of 
churches.     (See  Moore's  Digest,  pp.  147-8.) 

"  Every  licentiate  coming  to  this  Presbytery  from  any 
corresponding  ecclesiastical  body  shall  be  required  to 
answer  in  the  affirmative  the  constitutional  questions 
directed  by  Chapter  14th  of  our  Form  of  Government 
to  be  put  to  our  own  candidates  before  they  are  licensed, 
and  in  like  manner  any  ordained  minister  of  the  gospel 
coming  from  any  church  in  correspondence  with  the 
General  Assembly  by  certificate  of  dismission  and  re- 
commendation shall  be  required  to  answer  affirmatively 
the  first  seven  questions  directed  by  Chapter  15th  of 
our  Form  of  Government  to  be  put  to  one  of  our  own 
licentiates  when  about  to  be  ordained  to  the  sacred 
office." 

Sabbath  Schools. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  April  2 : — 
"  Eegarding,  as  we  do,  the  Sabbath  School  as  a 
strictly  church  institution  for  whose  spiritual  condition 
the  church  must  be  responsible;  holding  'that  the 
church  in  her  organized  capacity,  through  her  ordained 
rulers  and  teachers,  should  explicitly  assume  the  respon- 
sibility and  oversight  of  the  youth  committed  to  her 
charge'  (Acts  xx. :  28),  and  that  our  Sabbath  Schools 
should  always  be  under  the  direction  of  the  pastor 
and  session,  and  that  they  should  see  to  it  that  the 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      67 

catechisms  constitute,  in  all  cases,  a  part  of  the  regular 
course  of  instruction,  therefore — 

"  Resolved^  that  we  urge  upon  our  Sabbath  Schools 
the  recognition  of  these  principles,  and  the  various  pre- 
cedents of  the  church  bearing  upon  this  subject,  and  the 
duty  of  sessions  to  supervise  the  instruction  of  the 
young,  and  wisely  to  regulate  the  appointment  of  teach- 
ers, the  selection  of  library  books  and  manuals  of  in- 
struction, the  disbursement  of  collections,  and  whatever 
concerns  the  organization  and  general  equipment  of  the 
school." 

The  name  of  the  First  Mantua  Church,  by  request, 
was  changed  to  Northminster. 

Woman's  Presbyterial  Foreign  Missionary  Society. 

The  following  paper,  ofiered  by  Dr.  Henry,  was 
adopted : — 

"  Having  heard  of  the  formation  of  a  Woman's 
Presbyterial  Foreign  Missionary  Society  within  the 
bounds  of  this  Presbytery, 

"  Resolved^  That  this  society  receives  the  full  indorse- 
ment of  this  Presbytery,  and  is  heartily  commended  to 
our  churches  for  their  co-operation  and  support.  And 
the  Presbytery  would  also  heartily  approve  of  the  for- 
mation of  w^oman's  societies  in  aid  of  home  missions  of 
our  church." 


68  HISTORY   OF   THE 

Rev.  John  L.  Withrow,  D.D.,  was  received  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Indianapolis. 

May  6.  Rev.  Charles  F.  Thomas  was  received  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Chester.  Mr.  Armstrong,  who  was  labor- 
ing among  the  colored  people  in  the  !N'orth western  portion 
of  the  city  within  the  bounds  of  Presbytery,  was  heard 
in  reference  to  his  work  of  gathering  a  Sabbath  School 
of  colored  people,  which  promised  to  be  very  successful. 

Obituary  Notice  of  Rev.  H.  J.  Oviren. 

^^  Whereas,  our  beloved  friend  and  brother,  Rev. 
Henry  J.  Owen,  departed  this  life  at  Colorado  Springs 
on  Sabbath,  March  31,  1878,  Presbytery  desires  to 
spread  this  minute  on  our  records  in  affectionate  re- 
membrance of  his  brief,  beautiful,  and  successful  ca- 
reer. 

"  Mr.  Owen  was  the  only  son  of  Rev.  Joseph  Owen, 
D.D.,  who,  according  to  Dr.  A.  A.  Hodge,  was  the 
most  learned  of  our  foreign  missionaries.  Mr.  Owen 
was  born  in  Allahabad,  India,  in  1846.  At  the  age  of 
ten  he  was  brought  to  this  country  for  health  and  edu- 
cation, by  his  mother,  whom  he  never  saw  again.  He 
was,  however,  present  with  his  father  when  he  died  on 
his  way  to  this  country,  in  Edinburgh,  in  1869.  He  was 
educated  in  Princeton,  Edinburgh,  and  Bonn,  and  was 
well  versed  in  theological  science  and  the  ancient  and 
modern  languages,  with  ten  of  which  he  was  more  or 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      69 

less  conversant.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of 
West  Chester,K  Y.,  in  1870,  called  to  Richmond  Church 
in  1871,  and  continued  its  pastor  until  the  state  of  his 
health  rendered  his  retirement  necessary  in  1876.  Hav- 
ins:  received  benefit  from  a  residence  in  West  Chester 
County,  J^.  Y.,  he  undertook  to  serve  the  South  Salem 
Church  during  the  winter  of  1876-7,  and  last  spring 
repaired  to  Colorado,  where  he  continued  until  his  death. 
Mr.  Owen's  labors  were  many  and  successful.  He  fol- 
lowed closely  'Him  who  went  about  doing  good,'  and 
whose  years  of  toil  he  so  nearly  approximated.  During 
the  ^YB  and  one-half  years  of  his  ministry  310  were  re- 
ceived by  him  into  the  fellowship  of  the  church,  250 
in  Richmond  Church,  and  60  in  South  Salem.  His 
labors  for  the  material  structure  of  the  sanctuary  fully 
equalled  those  put  forth  for  the  upbuilding  of  Christ's 
spiritual  house,  and  it  is  the  opinion  of  many  that  to 
these  he  fell  a  martyr.     Therefore — 

"  Resolved^  1.  That  this  Presbytery  place  on  record  our 
high  appreciation  of  our  departed  brother's  zeal,  disin- 
terestedness, and  efiiciency  as  a  minister  of  Christ's  holy 
gospel. 

"  2.  Our  sense  of  the  great  loss  which  the  church  at 
large,  and  his  brethren  of  this  Presbytery  especially, 
have  sustained  in  his  early  removal  from  earth." 

June  3.  The  committee  appointed  to  negotiate  with 
Dr.  W.  M.  Rice  for  the  preparation  of  an  historical  in- 
(6) 


70  HISTORY   OF  THE 

dex  of  Presbytery  reported  that  it  was  prepared  and 
on  the  table  of  Presbytery.  Mr.  Luigi  de  Jesi  was 
licensed  to  preach  the  gospel.  The  pastoral  relation  of 
Mr.  Marshall  to  the  George  Chandler  Church  was,  at 
his  request,  dissolved. 

Sept.  2.  A  petition  was  presented  by  certain  persons 
in  the  neighborhood  of  Nineteenth  and  Master  streets 
(formerly  connected  with  the  Plymouth  Congregational 
Church),  asking  Presbytery  to  organize  them  into  a 
church  to  be  located  at  the  S.  W.  corner  of  IS'ineteenth 
and  Master  streets,  whereupon  a  committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  visit  the  field,  make  inquiry,  and  organize 
a  church,  if  the  way  be  clear.  Mr.  E.  K.  Donaldson 
was  received  as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry.  Sej)t.  11. 
Rev.  Walter  Q.  Scott's  pastoral  relation  to  the  Arch 
Street  Church  was,  at  his  request,  dissolved. 

Oct.  1.  A  church  was  reported  as  organized  at  [N'ine- 
teenth  and  Master  streets.  Rev.  Edwin  B.  Raffens- 
perger  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Baltimore. 
Rev.  Charles  F.  Thomas  having  accepted  a  call  to  the 
Northwestern  Church,  arrangements  were  made  for  his 
installation  on  October  13.  The  request  of  the  Rev. 
Charles  E.  Burns  for  a  dissolution  of  his  pastoral  rela- 
tion to  the  Lehigh  Avenue  Church  was  granted. 

Nov.  4.  Rev.  Wm.  B.  Reed  was  received  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Chester.  The  First  German  Church  was 
dissolved. 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      71 

1879. 

Jan.  7.  The  George  Chandler  Church  was  dissolved. 
Aprill.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  inquire  into 
the  expediency  of  procuring  an  act  of  incorporation  of 
the  Presbytery.  Mr.  Duffield  Ashmead  was  received 
as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry. 

Minute  on  the  Death  of  Dr.  Smith. 

June  2.  "  Whereas,  it  has  pleased  the  Lord  to  re- 
move from  us  the  Rev.  Charles  A.  Smith,  D.D.,  sud- 
denly, and  in  the  midst  of  active  and  useful  labors: 

"  Resolved^  That  in  this  dispensation  the  Presbytery 
recognizes  the  loss  of  a  much  esteemed  and  well-beloved 
brother,  who,  by  his  long  and  varied  services  as  a 
preacher,  an  author,  and  an  editor,  begun  very  early  in 
life  and  continued  until  its  late  close  in  the  several 
places  where  the  Lord  had  appointed  him,  has  rendered 
his  memory  precious  to  all  who  knew  him.  He  was  a 
fine  scholar,  a  chaste  writer,  an  earnest  and  reliable 
worker,  modest  in  his  manner,  yet  thoroughly  inde- 
pendent in  thought  and  action,  and  of  unfeigned  piety, 
a  good  pattern  of  what  a  minister  ought  to  be." 

June  30.  Rev.  Elias  B.  Cleghorn  was  received  from 
the  Presbytery  of  Albany.  Presbytery  heard  with 
great  gratification  the  report  of  the  Church  Extension 
Committee  concerning  the  Gloucester  Colored  Mission 


72  HISTORY    OF    THE 

on  Fairmount  Avenue,  and  commended  the  Mission  to 
the  best  wishes  and  kindly  recognition  of  all  its  mem- 
bers. 

Sept.  1.  It  was  unanimously  "  Besolved,  that  Presby- 
tery has  heard  with  sorrow  of  the  bereavement  which 
has  been  visited  upon  our  brother,  the  Rev.  B.  L. 
Agnew,  D.D.,  and  his  family  in  the  death  of  a  beloved 
son,  and  we  hereby  tender  to  them  the  assurance  of  our 
sincere  sympathy  in  this  great  affliction,  and  our  prayers 
for  their  support  and  consolation." 

Oct.  7.  Rev.  Joseph  S.  Malone  was  received  from  the 
Reformed  Episcopal  Church.  The  pastoral  relation  of 
Rev.  Charles  F.  Thomas  to  the  ^Northwestern  Church 
w^as,  at  his  own  request,  and  on  account  of  shattered 
health,  dissolved.  Rev.  A.  Y.  C.  Schenck's  pastoral 
relation  to  Kenderton  Church  was,  at  his  request,  dis- 
solved. 

Presbyterian  Hospital. 

Presbytery  resolved  to  recommend  to  all  the  churches 
under  its  care  to  take  a  collection  for  the  benefit  of  the 
Hospital,  and  that  the  Sabbath  immediately  preceding 
the  day  of  annual  Thanksgiving  be  designated  as  the 
day  "  Hospital  Sunday,"  on  which  the  collection  should 
be  made. 

;N"ov.  3.  A  call  from  the  K'orthw^estern  Church  for 
the  pastoral  services  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  S.  Malone  was 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      73 

presented  to  Presbytery.  Rev.  Edwin  D.  IN'ewberry 
was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  West  Jersey, 
j^resbytery  heard  with  much  pleasure  the  proposal  of 
the  pastor  of  the  Walnut  Street  Presbyterian  Church 
to  assist  the  mission  at  Haddington  in  money  and 
workers,  and  cordially  invited  the  said  Walnut  Street 
Church  to  co-operate  with  E,ev.  Clement  C.  Dickey  in 
this  field,  in  connection  with  its  own  committee  on 
Church  Extension.  Rev.  Mr.  Malone  accepted  the  call 
to  the  Northwestern  Church,  and  his  installation  was 
appointed  for  the  14th  instant. 

Dec.  1.  The  Second  German  Church  having  procured 
a  change  of  its  corporate  name  to  that  of  "  Corinthian 
Avenue  Presbyterian  Church,"  it  was  directed  that  the 
latter  name  be  substituted  for  the  former  upon  the  roll 
of  Presbytery. 

1880. 

Jan.  6.  Rev.  Matthew  Anderson,  of  the  Presbytery 
of  Carlisle,  being  present,  was  invited  to  sit  as  a  corre- 
sponding member.  The  enterprise  of  the  Gloucester 
Mission  among  the  colored  people  on  Fairmount 
Avenue  was  taken  under  the  care  of  Presbytery,  and 
a  committee  appointed  to  investigate  its  interests. 
March  1.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  visit  the 
mission  field  at  Haddington,  and  organize  a  church  if 
the  way  be  clear.     The  report  of  a  committee  appointed 


74  HISTORY   OF   THE 

to  examine  a  location  in  New  Street,  for  a  new  church, 
stated  that  they  had  purchased  the  Lutheran  Church 
building  on  ^ew  Street  east  of  Fourth,  and  recom- 
mended the  calling  of  the  Rev.  Herman  C.  Gruhnert  as 
a  suitable  missionary  for  the  field.  The  report  was 
adopted. 

Obituary  Minute  of  Rev.  Dr.  John  McCluskey. 

"  Whereas,  it  has  pleased  God  to  take  from  us  the 
venerated  and  beloved  brother  whose  name  stands  at 
the  head  of  the  roll  of  our  Presbytery :  therefore 

"  Resolved,  1.  That  we  recognize  in  his  removal  from 
us  the  hand  of  the  great  Head  of  the  Church,  who, 
though  he  takes  away  his  faithful  servants  from  their 
earthly  place  of  labor,  bestows  upon  them  an  abundant 
entrance  into  his  heavenly  kingdom,  and  gives  them  a 
crown  of  life. 

'•'Resolved,  2.  That  we  rejoice  that  so  early  in  life 
God  bestowed  his  grace  upon  our  brother,  and  that  he 
called  into  the  gospel  ministry  one  so  gifted,  and  in 
various  ways  so  peculiarly  fitted  to  fulfil  the  duties  of 
this  high  ofiice ;  and  that  he  permitted  him  for  more 
than  fifty  years,  with  such  great  success,  to  preach  the 
gospel  of  Christ,  and  to  co-operate  with  his  brethren  in 
all  the  evangelistic  and  educational  work  of  our  beloved 
Church  with  such  constancy  and  fidelity. 

^''Resolved,  3.  That  we  render  thanks  to  the  great 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      lb 

Head  of  the  Church  who  qualified  our  brother  for  his 
wonderful  service  in  the  Christian  ministry,  and  who 
blessed  his  influence  upon  the  minds  and  hearts  of  young 
men,  that  he  became  instrumental  in  leading  into  this 
sacred  office  so  many  who  have  been  faithful  laborers 
in  this  land  and  in  foreign  lands. 

"  Resolved,  4.  That  his  memory  will  be  held  in  affec- 
tionate remembrance  by  all  his  brethren  in  the  min- 
istry who  knew  him  and  loved  him,  and  we  feel  that 
his  life  ought  to  have  the  influence  of  recommendinoj 
the  religion  that  he  professed  and  the  Saviour  whom  he 
so  faithfully  served,  to  all,  especially  to  those  who  are 
beginning  life,  so  that,  like  our  friend,  they  may  be 
useful  in  life  and  blessed  in  death." 

The  committee  appointed  to  organize  a  church  at 
Haddington,  if  the  way  be  clear,  reported  that  a  church 
had  been  organized  on  April  5. 

May  3.  A  call  from  the  Arch  Street  Church  for  the 
pastoral  services  of  Rev.  John  S.  Sands  was  presented. 
Rev.  Matthew  Anderson  was  received  from  the  Presby- 
tery of  Carlisle.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  or- 
ganize a  church  at  Gloucester  Mission,  if  the  way  be 
clear.  By  request  of  the  committee  on  the  I^ew  Street 
Church,  the  name  of  Rev.  Henry  Weber  was  substituted 
for  that  of  Rev.  H.  C.  Gruhnert,  as  the  missionary  to  be 
commissioned  by  the  Board  of  Home  Missions,  as  Mr. 
Gruhnert  had  declined   the  call.     The  Committee  on 


76  HISTORY   OF   THE 

Church  Extension  was  authorized  to  organize  a  church 
at  Eighteenth  and  Montgomery  Avenue,  if  the  way  be 
clear.  May  10.  Rev.  C.  C.  Dickey  was  received  from 
the  Presbytery  of  Chester,  and,  accepting  a  call  from 
the  Sixty-third  Street  Church,  the  17th  instant  was  ap- 
pointed for  his  installation. 

June  7.  The  committee  for  the  organization  of  a 
church  on  !N'ew  Street,  near  Fourth,  was  instructed  to 
organize  the  church,  if  the  way  be  clear.  Mr.  George 
A.  Paul  was  received  as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry. 
June  28.  The  committee  on  Gloucester  Mission  reported 
that  a  church  was  organized  there  on  June  10.  The 
Rev.  David  C.  Meeker  was  received  from  the  Presby- 
tery of  Carlisle.  The  pastoral  relation  of  Rev.  AYalter 
D.  [N'icholas  to  the  Temple  Church,  at  his  request,  was 
dissolved.  The  committee  on  the  organization  of  a 
church  on  'New  Street,  near  Fourth,  reported  that  a 
church  was  organized  on  June  14,  to  be  called  Carmel 
Church.  Rev.  Matthew  Anderson  accepted  a  call  from 
the  Berean  Church,  and  July  11  was  appointed  for  his 
installation.  Mr.  Duflfield  Ashmead  and  Mr.  E.  K. 
Donaldson  were  licensed  to  preach  the  gospel. 

Sept.  6.  Rev.  Henry  Weber  and  Rev.  E.  P.  Heberton 
were  received  on  certificates,  as  members  of  Presby- 
tery. Mr.  Sands  having  accepted  the  call  to  Arch 
Street  Church,  arrangements  were  made  for  his  in- 
stallation. 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      77 

Oct.  5.  Rev.  J.  L.  Withrow,  D.D.,  by  a  written 
request,  was  dismissed  to  the  Congregational  Associa- 
tion of  Boston.  The  pastoral  relation  of  Eev.  A.  A. 
Willitts,  D.D.,  to  the  West  Arch  Street  Church,  and 
that  of  the  Rev.  Andrew  McElwain  to  the  Hestonville 
Church,  were,  at  their  own  request,  dissolved.  Sabbath, 
October  1 7,  was  appointed  for  the  ordination  of  licenti- 
ate Luigi  de  Jesi.  17.  Rev.  McDuff  Simpson's  pastoral 
relation  to  the  Richmond  Church,  at  his  request,  was 
dissolved.  Rev.  R.  D.  Harper,  D.D.,  on  behalf  of  the 
[N'orth  Broad  Street  Church,  asked  the  permission  of 
Presbytery  to  establish  a  Mission  Sabbath  School  in 
Penn  Village,  in  the  northwestern  part  of  Presbytery's 
bounds,  and  the  request  was  referred  to  the  Committee 
on  Church  Extension. 

Minute  on  the  Death  of  the  Rev.  S.  W.  Gossler. 

"  The  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  Central  having 
heard  with  deep  regret  of  the  death  of  one  of  its  mem- 
bers, Rev.  Silas  W.  Gossler,  pastor  of  the  North  Tenth 
Street  Presbyterian  Church,  on  the  29th  day  of  October, 
1880,  in  the  twenty-eighth  year  of  his  age,  adopts  the 
following  paper  and  directs  the  Stated  Clerk  to  send 
copies  of  the  same  to  the  family  and  congregation  of 
the  deceased : 

"Whilst  in  our  human  sympathies  we  cannot  but 
mourn  the  loss  of  a  beloved  brother,  we  rejoice  that  we 


78  HISTORY   OF   THE 

can  conscientiously  record  our  gratitude  to  God  for  the 
great  and  good  work  he  enabled  him  to  accomplish 
during  the  few  years  he  was  pastor  of  the  North  Tenth 
Street  Presb3'terian  Church  of  this  city. 

"  Brother  Gossler  won  our  esteem  in  the  Presbytery 
of  Philadelphia  Central  by  the  satisfactory  examination 
he  passed  before  our  body  when  he  appeared  for 
licensure,  and  he  intensified  that  feeling  by  his  con- 
sistent walk  and  conversation,  his  studious  habits,  and 
the  careful  manner  in  which  he  attended  to  all  his 
ecclesiastical  duties:  and  he  also  won  our  love  as  a 
Christian  brother  by  his  uniformly  courteous  manners, 
kindly  words,  social  disposition,  and  his  devotion  to 
the  holy  work  to  which  he  had  devoted  his  life. 

"  We  rejoice  that  during  the  few  years  he  was  per- 
mitted to  labor  in  our  midst  he  was  instrumental  in 
leading  so  many  precious  souls  into  the  kingdom  of 
God :  that  he  gathered  around  him  so  many  willing 
workers  in  the  field  where  he  labored,  and  was  enabled 
to  place  the  Church  of  which  he  was  pastor  in  a  con- 
dition of  so  great  prosperity  and  usefulness." 

A  call  was  presented  from  the  Richmond  Church  for 
the  pastoral  services  of  E,ev.  G.  H.  S.  Campbell.  Dr. 
Agnew,  of  the  committee  to  organize  a  church  at  Mont- 
gomery Avenue  and  Eighteenth  Street,  reported  that 
the  church  was  organized  in  the  Free  Collegiate 
Chapel,  Oct.  31, 1880. 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      79 

Dec.  6.  Rev.  J.  Gr.  Shinn  and  Rev.  George  H.  S. 
Campbell  were  received  on  certificate.  Mr.  Campbell 
having  accepted  a  call  to  Richmond  Church,  arrange- 
ments were  made  for  his  installation  on  the  16th  inst. 
A  call  from  the  Montgomery  Avenue  Church  for  the 
pastoral  services  of  the  Rev.  S.  A.  Mutchmore  was  pre- 
sented. 

1881. 
Obituary  Minute  of  Rev.  C.  Forbes. 

"  With  submission  to  the  will  of  Divine  Providence, 
Presbytery  hereby  records  the  decease  of  Rev.  Cochran 
Forbes,  one  of  its  oldest  and  most  highly  esteemed 
members,  and  one  whose  many  excellencies  of  character 
won  the  confidence  and  regard  of  his  Christian  brethren 
in  the  highest  degree. 

"  Brother  Forbes  closed  his  long  and  useful  life,  after 
a  very  brief  illness,  at  his  home  in  West  Philadelphia, 
Nov.  5,  1880,  in  the  seventy-fifth  year  of  his  age,  and 
in  the  fiftieth  year  of  his  ministry,  having  entered  the 
Theological  Seminary  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  in  1828,  and 
graduating  in  1831.  He  was  shortly  after  ordained  to 
the  gospel  ministry  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia, 
and  accepting  an  appointment  by  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.  as 
missionary  to  the  Sandwich  Islands,  he,  with  his  young 
wife,  in  company  with  several  co-laborers,  sailed  for 


80  HISTORY   OF   THE 

their  destination  from  N'ew  Bedford,  Mass.,  'Nov.  26, 
1831,  and  arrived  at  Honolulu  in  May,  1832. 

"  Mr.  Forbes  and  his  wife  were  assigned  to  Kaawaloa 
as  their  field  of  labor.  After  seventeen  years  of  un- 
remitting and  exhausting  missionary  work  in  the  island 
of  Hawaii,  the  declining  health  of  Mrs.  Forbes  com- 
pelled our  brother  to  return  to  this  country  in  1849. 
For  several  years  thereafter  he  was  actively  and  success- 
fully engaged  in  pastoral  work  in  Eastern  and  Central 
Pennsylvania,  and  in  Indiana — never  shrinking  from 
entering  upon  a  field  of  labor  because  of  the  difficulties 
to  be  encountered,  or  the  self-denials  demanded.  Dur- 
ing the  last  eight  years,  and  up  to  the  day  of  his  fatal 
illness,  he  was  Chaplain  of  the  Presbyterian  Hospital, 
a  field  of  usefulness  for  which  his  genial  disposition, 
his  gentle  bearing,  and  his  early  training  as  a  mission- 
ary, adapted  him  in  an  eminent  degree.  In  every 
sphere  of  labor  in  which  he  engaged,  whether  as  mis- 
sionary, pastor,  or  chaplain,  his  record  is  that  of  one 
who  '  magnified  his  office'  as  a  servant  of  Christ. 

"Brother  Forbes  had  acquired  an  unusual  familiarity 
with  the  Greek  and  Hebrew  Scriptures.  They  were 
his  daily  study  and  delight.  His  preaching  was  thor- 
oughly Scriptural  and  expository,  and  his  daily  walk  a 
beautiful  exemplification  of  his  own  teaching. 

"  After  the  death  of  his  excellent  wife,  which  occurred 
about  three  years  ago,  a  longing  desire  to  return  to  the 


PRESBYTERY   OF   PHILADELPHIA   CENTRAL.  81 

scenes  and  associations  of  his  early  ministry  seemed  to 
take  full  possession  of  his  thoughts.  To  this  natural 
desire  were  added  the  attractions  of  a  home  in  the 
family  of  his  eldest  son,  now  a  pastor  in  the  island  of 
Hawaii.  In  the  providence  of  God  and  through  the 
generosity  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Hospital,  his  desire  in 
this  respect  seemed  ahout  to  be  gratified.  All  the 
needful  preparations  for  the  long-wished  for  journey 
had  been  completed.  But  the  Master  whom  he  served 
so  long  had  decreed  otherwise. 

"  While,  then,  we  sorrow  because  of  the  removal  from 
our  counsels  and  associations  of  one  so  honored  and 
esteemed  among  us,  we  do,  with  the  greatest  pleasure 
and  sincerity,  bear  our  testimony  to  his  character,  as  a 
Christian  gentleman,  a  true  friend,  and  a  devoted  min- 
ister of  Christ." 

A  call  from  the  Kenderton  Church  for  the  pastoral 
services  of  Eev.  E.  P.  Heberton  was  presented,  and 
placed  in  his  hands.  Rev.  Dr.  Wiswell,  on  behalf  of 
the  Green  Hill  Church,  requested  permission  to  estab- 
lish a  Mission  Sunday-School  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Twenty-seventh  and  Oxford  streets,  and  the  request  was 
referred  to  the  Committee  on  Church  Extension.  The 
pastoral  relation  of  Rev.  Dr.  Mutchmore  to  Alexander 
Church  was  dissolved,  in  order  to  his  translation  to  the 
Montgomery  Avenue  Church  in  accordance  with  their 
call. 


82  HISTORY   OF   THE 

Feb.  7.  Rev.  H.  D.  Korthrop  was  received  from  the 
Presbytery  of  New  York.  Eev.  E.  P.  Heberton  an- 
nounced his  acceptance  of  the  call  from  the  Kenderton 
Church.  lie  was  installed  March  15,  A  call  was  pre- 
sented from  the  North  Tenth  Street  Church  for  the 
pastoral  services  of  Rev.  H.  D.  Northrop,  and,  being 
accepted,  Feb.  23  was  appointed  for  his  installation. 
A  call  from  the  Temple  Church  for  the  pastoral  services 
of  the  Rev.  W.  D.  Roberts  was  presented. 

March  7.  Rev.  W.  D.  Roberts  was  received,  and,  hav- 
ing announced  his  acceptance  of  the  call  from  the  Temple 
Church,  March  15  was  appointed  for  his  installation. 
Rev.  J.  Henry  Sharpe  was  received  from  the  Presbytery 
of  Philadelphia,  and,  having  accepted  a  call  to  Heston- 
ville  Church,  his  installation  was  appointed  to  take 
place  on  April  1.  Presbytery  recorded  its  gratitude 
to  God  for  the  success  of  the  church  enterprise  at  Mont- 
gomery Avenue  and  Eighteenth  Street,  and  requested 
the  pastor.  Rev.  S.  A.  Mutchmore,  D.D.,  by  whose 
direction  the  work  had  been  accomplished,  to  prepare 
a  history  of  the  enterprise  and  the  manner  of  its  pro- 
gress. It  was  resolved  to  ordain  Mr.  Edward  K. 
Donaldson  on  the  17th  inst. 

Minute  on  the  Death  of  Rev.  David  C.  Meeker. 

"  April  5.  The  Rev.  D.  C.  Meeker  was  born  in  the  city 
of  Newark,  N.  J.,  Feb.  21,  1819,  and  died  in  this  city 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      83 

Feb.  18,  1881,  aged  sixty-two.  He  entered  the  Uni- 
versity of  the  City  of  ]N'ew  York  in  the  fall  of  1839, 
while  the  Hon.  Theodore  Frelinghuysen  was  Chancellor. 
He  was  honored  by  having  assigned  to  him  the  Latin 
Salutatory  of  the  class  graduating  in  1843.  He  spent 
three  years  in  the  Union  Theological  Seminary  in  ^ew 
York.  Among  his  classmates  were  Rev.  Drs.  Wm.  P. 
Breed,  of  this  city,  and  L.  D.  Potter,  of  Glendale,  Ohio. 
He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  IN'ewark  in  1846. 
The  first  few  years  were  spent  preaching  in  Plymouth 
and  Lima,  Indiana,  after  which  he  was  pastor  of  the 
church  in  Fairton,  Cumberland  County,  ^N".  J.,  five 
years.  For  eight  years  he  was  pastor  of  a  church  in 
Wallace,  Chester  County,  Pa.  His  last  charge  was  in 
Dauphin,  Pa.,  where  he  labored  eleven  years.  Giving 
up  the  charge  of  this  church  in  the  spring  of  1880,  he 
removed  to  the  residence  of  his  son-in-law,  Dr.  Andrew 
Gray  don  of  this  city.  Here  in  enfeebled  health  he 
spent  the  last  year  of  his  life,  waiting  the  will  of  his 
Master  who  had  laid  him  aside  from  the  active  duties 
of  a  minister. 

"  Taken  seriously  ill  on  the  9th  of  February,  he  lingered 
until  the  evening  of  the  18th,  when  he  quietly  passed 
from  earth  into  the  presence  of  the  Lord.  His  remains 
were  taken  to  the  Cemetery  connected  with  the  '  Old 
Stone  Church'  in  Fairfield  Township,  'N.  J.     Appro- 


84  HISTORY   OF   THE 

priate  services  were  held  in  the  church  at  Fairton  where 
he  once  was  pastor." 

An  application  from  the  Fifth  Reformed  Presby- 
terian Church  to  be  received  by  Presbytery  and  en- 
rolled as  the  York  Street  Presbyterian  Church,  was 
received.  Rev.  II.  J.  Weber  accepted  a  call  from  Car- 
mel  Church,  and  April  28th  was  appointed  for  his 
installation.  Resolutions  strongly  commendatory  of 
the  Presbyterian  Historical  Society  were  adopted. 
Rev.  Dr.  Parsons  requested  the  dissolution  of  his 
pastoral  relation  to  Trinity  Church.  Mr.  Edward 
McElwain  Haymaker  was  received  as  a  candidate  for 
the  ministry. 

May  2.  Mr.  Melancthon  W.  Jacobus  was  received 
as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry.  The  pastoral  relation 
of  Rev.  B.  B.  Parsons,  D.D.,  to  Trinity  Church  was 
dissolved.  The  Church  of  the  Covenant  v/as  dissolved. 
The  Church  Extension  Committee  were  directed  to 
organize  a  church  at  Cedar  and  Cumberland  Streets,  if 
the  way  be  clear. 

June  6.  The  Rev.  T.  J.  Shepherd,  D.D.,  under  the 
conviction  that  he  could  not  without  serious  risk  to 
health  and  life  bear  the  burdens  of  his  pastoral  o^ce, 
asked  leave  to  resign  the  pastorate  of  the  First  Church 
of  Northern  Liberties,  and  his  request  was  granted. 
Rev.  A.  G.  McCauley,  D.D.,  and  the  Fifth  Reformed 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      85 

Presbyterian  Church  of  Philadelphia,  were,  at  their 
request,  received  under  the  care  of  Presbytery,  and 
the  church  enrolled  as  the  York  Street  Presbyterian 
Church.  It  was  ordered,  in  accordance  with  a  request 
made,  that  the  name  of  the  church  of  Hestonville  be 
changed  to  West  Park  Presbyterian  Church.  The 
Committee  on  Church  Extension  was  instructed  to 
organize,  if  the  way  be  clear,  a  church  on  Cumberland 
Street,  to  be  called  the  Cumberland  Street  Presbyterian 
Church.  June  28.  Mr.  M.  W.  Jacobus  was  licensed  to 
preach  the  gospel.  At  the  request  of  the  church  at 
Montgomery  Avenue  and  Eighteenth  Street,  it  was 
ordered  that  the  church  be  enrolled  as  the  Memorial 
Presbyterian  Church. 

August  13.  Eev.  J.  M.  Thompson  requested  and 
obtained  leave  to  resign  his  pastoral  charge  of  the 
Mantua  Second  Church.  Oct.  4.  Cumberland  Street 
Church  was  reported  as  organized  according  to  the 
direction  of  Presbytery. 

1882. 

Jan.  10.    Rev.  Marcus  A.  Brownson,  a  licentiate, 

was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Washington.     A 

call  from  Cumberland  Street  Church  for  the  pastoral 

services  of  Rev.  James  H.  Marr  was  presented  Feb.  6. 

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86  HISTORY   OF   THE 

Obituary  Notice  of  Rev.  E.  B.  Cleghom. 

"  Rev.  Elisha  B.  Clegborn,  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
tery of  Philadelphia  Central,  departed  this  life  in 
Philadelphia,  Dec.  14, 1881,  after  a  brief  illness. 

"  Brother  Clegborn  was  born  in  De  Kalb,  in  the  State 
of  ^ew  York,  Sept.  27,  1812.  After  an  active  busi- 
ness  career  he  determined  to  enter  the  ministry,  studied 
theology  in  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  and  was 
ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Baltimore,  June  3, 1856. 
He  was  a  diligent  and  earnest  servant  of  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  as  pastor,  city  missionary,  and  evangelist. 
Though  but  a  short  time  a  member  of  this  Presbytery, 
Brother  Clegborn  commended  himself  to  his  brethren 
by  his  pleasant  and  affable  manner,  sincere  and  earnest 
spirit,  and  consistent  life." 

"  The  Presbytery  would  hereby  record  its  sorrow  over 
the  loss  of  a  faithful  presbyter  and  devoted  minister  of 
the  gospel  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  and 
would  lay  to  heart  this  solemn  admonition  of  the  Mas- 
ter, to  be  faithful  and  diligent  in  our  calling  while  our 
day  lasts,  mindful  that  the  night  cometh  when  no  man 
can  work." 

The  Rev.  Andrew  Lees,  having  accepted  a  call  from 
Trinity  Church,  Monday  20th  inst.,  was  appointed  for 
his  installation. 

March  6.     Rev.  Wm.  Y.  Louderbough  was  received 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      87 

from  the  Presbytery  of  'New  Castle,  accepted  a  call  from 
the  IN'orthern  Liberties  First  Church,  and  his  installa- 
tion appointed  for  March  14. 

April  4.  Rev.  J.  W.  Bain  was  received  from  the 
First  United  Presbyterian  Presbytery  of  Ohio,  and  ac- 
cepted a  call  to  Alexander  Church,  to  be  installed 
April  11.  The  pastoral  relation  of  Rev.  J.  S.  Malone 
to  the  [N'orthwestern  Church  was,  at  his  request,  dis- 
solved. Rev.  Richard  T.  Jones,  a  licentiate,  was  re- 
ceived from  the  Presbytery  of  Northern  Pennsylvania, 
of  the  Welsh  Presbyterian  Church. 

May  1.  Rev.  Francis  M.  Baker  was  received  from 
the  Central  Pennsylvania  Conference  of  the  Evangelical 
Association.  Mr.  James  Stuart  Dickson  was  received 
as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry.  The  committee  to  or- 
ganize a  church  on  Twenty-eighth  Street,  near  Girard 
Avenue,  reported  that  such  church  was  organized  April 
13,  under  the  name  of  "  Zion  German  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Philadelphia."  Mr.  Jacob  W.  Loch,  having 
accepted  a  call  to  this  Church,  May  11  was  appointed 
for  his  installation.  June  3.  Rev.  H.  Augustus  Smith, 
D.D.,  asked  and  obtained  leave,  on  account  of  ill  health, 
to  resign  the  pastoral  charge  of  N^orthminster  Church. 
Mr.  R.  T.  Jones  accepted  a  call  to  the  Lehigh  Avenue 
Church,  to  be  installed  June  8.  The  Fairmount  and 
Columbia  Avenue  Churches  were,  at  their  own  request, 
united  under  the  name  of  the  Columbia  Avenue  Fair- 


88  HISTORY   OF   THE 

mount  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  George  B.  Paull  was 
licensed  to  preach  the  gospel.  The  Lehigh  Avenue 
Church  received  permission  to  locate  their  church  -at 
the  corner  of  Susquehanna  Avenue  and  Marshall  Street. 
June  26.  Kev.  Wm.  S.  Thompson  was  received  from 
the  Presbytery  of  Portsmouth. 

Minute  on  the  Death  of  Rev.  Dr.  Musgrave. 

Adopted  Oct.  3. 

"  Died,  on  Thursday  afternoon,  August  24, 1882,  at 
his  residence,  No.  40  I^orth  Eleventh  Street,  Philadel- 
phia, Eev.  George  W.  Musgrave,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  in  the 
seventy-eighth  year  of  his  age. 

"  It  is  with  unfeigned  sorrow^  w^e  place  this  record  upon 
our  Minutes,  and  drop  this  father's  name  from  our  roll. 

"As  a  man^  he  was  strong  and  healthful  in  body,  clear 
and  vigorous  in  intellect,  ardent  and  sympathetic  in 
soul,  true  in  his  friendships,  abundant  in  hospitality, 
dignified  in  his  manners,  and  genial  in  his  intercourse 
with  his  fellow- men. 

"As  a  Christian^  he  was  thorough  in  his  convictions, 
unquestioning  in  his  faith,  entire  in  his  consecration, 
liberal  in  the  use  of  means,  patient  in  his  sufferings, 
submissive  to  the  will  of  God,  generally  reticent  as  to 
his  religious  experience,  and  hopeful  and  peaceful  in 
his  death. 

"As  a  minister^  he  was  systematic  in  his  work,  diligent 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      89 

in  his  preparations  for  the  pulpit,  strongly  Calvinistic 
in  his  creed,  liberal  in  his  views,  evangelical  in  his  ut- 
terances, faithful  and  hearty  in  the  declaration  of  truth, 
bold  in  the  denunciation  of  sin,  zealous  for  the  house 
of  his  Master,  anxious  for  the  salvation  of  souls,  and 
much  in  prayer. 

"As  a  presbyter^  he  was  faithful  in  his  attendance  upon 
the  meetings  of  Church  Courts,  prompt  in  the  discharge 
of  his  presbyterial  duties,  prudent  in  counsel,  powerful 
in  debate,  well  versed  in  ecclesiastical  history  and  law, 
a  leader  of  others,  and  devoted  to  peace,  purity,  and 
prosperity  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

"As  a  man,  as  a  Christian,  as  a  minister,  and  as  a 
presbyter,  we  knew  and  will  miss  him,  and  sorrow  be- 
cause we  shall  see  his  face  no  more.  We  will  cherish 
his  memory,  and  seek  to  follow  him  as  he  followed 
Christ. 

"  We  are  glad  that  we  were  able  to  gratify  the  desire 
of  his  old  age,  and  send  him  not  long  ago  to  represent 
us  in  the  General  Assembly,  and  at  the  same  time  to 
celebrate  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  his  first  appearance 
in  that  body. 

"  He  has  gone  now,  at  the  will  of  the  Master  he  served 
so  long  and  so  faithfully,  to  the  '  General  Assembly,  and 
Church  of  the  first-born  which  are  written  in  heaven.' 
We  will  miss  him,  but  we  bow  and  say, '  Thy  will,  0 
God,  be  done,'  and  while  we  wonder  who  will  be  the 


90  HISTORY    OF   THE 

next  to  go,  we  pray  that  we  all  may  be  found  ready — 
waiting  and  watching  for  the  call  of  the  Lord." 

The  pastoral  relation  of  the  Rev.  E.  P.  Heberton  to 
the  Kenderton  Church,  at  his  request,  was  dissolved. 
A  comroittee  was  appointed  to  arrange  for  the  installa- 
tion of  Dr.  Mutchmore  as  pastor  of  Memorial  Church. 

'Nov.  6.  The  pastoral  relation  of  the  Rev.  B.  L. 
Agnew,  D.D.,  to  the  Korth  Church,  was,  at  his  request, 
dissolved,  and  he  was  granted  a  letter  of  dismission  to 
the  Presbytery  of  Pittsburgh.  The  pastoral  relation  of 
the  Rev.  J.  L.  Russell  to  the  Spring  Garden  Street 
Church  was,  at  his  request,  dissolved  ;  also  that  of  Rev. 
J.  M.  Thompson  to  the  Mantua  Second  Church,  at  his 
request.  Mr.  Otto  Klose  was  received  as  a  candidate 
for  the  ministry. 

Dec.  4.  Rev.  Mangasar  Mangasariau  accepted  a  call 
from  the  Spring  Garden  Church.  Mr.  Charles  A. 
Schmidt  and  Mr.  Carl  Theodore  Albrecht  were  received 
as  candidates  for  the  ministry. 

1883. 
Minute  on  the  Death  of  Rev.  "W.  R.  Work. 

Adopted  Jan.  9. 

"With  feelings  of  deep  sorrow  this  Presbytery 
notices  the  decease  of  Rev.  William  R.  Work,  a  mem- 
ber of  this  body,  who  departed  this  life  December  28, 
1882,  in  the  seventy-third  year  of  his  age. 


PRESBYTERY   OF   PHILADELPHIA   CENTRAL.  91 

"  Mr.  Work  graduated  at  Washington  College,  Pa.,  in 
1834.  His  theological  studies  were  pursued  in  Alle- 
gheny and  Princeton  Theological  Senainaries.  He  was 
licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  ]N"ew  Castle,  Del.,  in  1840. 
After  a  settlement  there  of  several  years  he  began  the 
work  of  founding  a  seminary  for  young  ladies  in  Potts- 
town,  Pa.,  of  which  he  was  the  Principal.  This  semi- 
nary became  firmly  established  and  is  still  in  a  prosper- 
ous condition.  From  thence  he  came  to  Philadelphia, 
where  he  organized  the  Presbyterian  Church,  corner  of 
Frankford  Road  and  Cambria  Street.  A  church  was 
built  and  is  now  in  successful  operation  under  the  pas- 
torate of  Pev.  Andrew  Lees.  Since  then  he  has  been 
engaged  in  various  services  for  the  good  of  the  church 
and  welfare  of  mankind:  at  one  time  in  behalf  of 
Lincoln  University,  Pa.,  and  afterwards  for  Howard 
University,  Washington,  D.  C,  he  acted  as  financial 
agent.  His  last  special  work  was  the  revision  of 
Wheeler's  Analysis  of  the  Bible.  This  he  had  repub. 
lished,  in  which  he  has  afibrded  great  aid  to  the  teach- 
ers in  our  Sabbath  Schools.  For  the  last  year  his  fail- 
ure in  bodily  health  and  strength  was  very  perceptible. 
An  opportunity  was  kindly  given  him  to  derive  the 
benefit  and  advantages  of  our  Presbyterian  Hospital. 
Here,  and  along  with  the  assiduous  attention  of  an 
affectionate  daughter,  he  remained  several  weeks. 
While  there  he  received  the  kind  ministrations  of  his 


92  HISTORY    OF   THE 

friends  and  brethren  in  the  ministry.  Here  he  closed 
his  earthly  labors,  and  is  now  with  the  Master  he  loved 
and  served.  The  Princeton  Presb^^terian  Church  was 
kindly  offered  for  the  religious  services  connected  with 
his  burial.  Here  were  gathered  aJarge  number  of  his 
brethren  in  the  ministry  with  many  sympathizing 
friends  to  pay  their  last  tribute  of  respect  to  his 
memory. 

"  Mr.  Work  will  long  be  remembered  as  a  faithful 
and  efficient  member  of  this  Presbytery.  His  wise 
judgment  on  all  ecclesiastical  questions  was  well  known. 
Modest  and  unobtrusive  in  all  his  demeanor  he  won  the 
highest  regard  from  all  associated  with  him.  His 
genial  and  pleasant  address  will  not  be  forgotten  by  the 
members  of  this  body  and  at  the  weekly  gathering  of 
his  brethren  in  the  ministry. 

"  Be  it  ours  to  gather  the  lessons  that  God's  providence 
is  teaching  us,  and  may  we  all  be  found  faithful  to  our 
trust,  and  when  the  Master  calls  may  we  be  ready  and 
receive  from  Him  the  plaudit, '  Well  done,  good  and 
faithful  servant.' " 

At  the  request  of  the  Cumberland  Street  Church  its 
name  was  changed  to  "  Chandler  Memorial  Presbyte- 
rian Church."  Kev.  John  Hemphill  was  received  from 
the  Presbytery  of  San  Francisco,  and,  having  accepted 
a  call  to  the  West  Arch  Street  Church,  a  committee 
was  appointed  to  make  arrangements  for  his  installation 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      98 

on  Feb.  15.  Mr.  Thomas  Yerner  Moore  was  received 
as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry,  examined  and  licensed. 
March  5.  Rev.  M.  L.  Hoss  was  received  from  the 
Presbytery  of  [N'orthumberland.  A  call  was  presented 
from  the  Mantua  Second  Church  for  the  pastoral  ser- 
vices of  Rev.  S.  A.  Harlow.  Rev.  James  H.  Marr 
announced  his  acceptance  of  the  call  from  Chandler 
Memorial  Church,  and  arrangements  made  for  his  in- 
stallation. April  3.  Rev.  John  McElmoyle  was  re- 
ceived from  the  Presbytery  of  Westminster. 

Obituary  Notice  of  Rev.  H.  A.  Smith,  D.D. 

"  In  the  death  of  Rev.  Henry  Augustus  Smith,  D.D., 
for  several  years  pastor  of  the  l!«5'orthminster  Church, 
this  Presbytery  recognizes  the  sovereign  will  of  Him 
who  in  the  mystery  of  his  dispensations  has  removed 
from  our  midst  within  a  brief  period  four  of  our  fellow- 
members. 

"  We  desire  to  record  it  as  our  appreciation  of  Dr. 
Smith  that  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  both  in  the 
committees  on  which  he  served,  and  in  the  general 
deliberations  of  this  body,  he  was  ever  a  thoughtful, 
wise,  and  weighty  counsellor,  whose  services  were  most 
highly  esteemed. 

"  We  also  desire  to  express  our  sense  of  loss  to  the 
Church  at  large  of  one  who  was  an  able,  broad,  and 


94  HISTORY   OF   THE 

richly  furnished,  as  well  as  spiritual  and  consecrated, 
minister  of  the  Church. 

"  In  our  reluctant  assent  to  the  dissolution  of  his 
pastoral  relation  it  was  with  the  hope  cherished  by  him 
and  his  Church  that  a  season  of  rest  would  be  attended 
with  restoration  to  health  and  to  the  active  labors  of 
the  ministry  of  grace.  Since  the  great  Head  of  the 
Church  has  ordered  otherwise,  we  reverently  bow  to 
the  will  of  Him  who  never  errs. 

"  We  would  also  express  our  personal  sense  of  grief 
and  regret  that  we  shall  be  deprived  of  the  gracious 
presence  and  fraternal  intercourse  of  our  beloved 
brother,  sorrowing  most  of  all  that  we  shall  see  his 
face  no  more  in  the  courts  of  the  church." 

Eev.  Andrew  Lees  asked  and  obtained  leave  to  resign 
his  pastoral  charge,  with  the  view  of  removing  to  a 
more  congenial  climate. 

Obituary  Notice  of  Rev.  W.  O.  Johnstone,  D.D. 

^^  Whereas,  it  has  pleased  our  Master,  the  Head  of 
the  Church,  to  call  to  Himself  our  beloved  brother  and 
fellow-presbyter,  Rev.  William  0.  Johnstone,  D.D.,  thus 
closing  his  services  as  a  minister  and  presbyter,  and 
severing  the  loving  fellowship  and  agreeable  relations 
subsisting  between  himself  and  us,  as  co-laborers  and 
rulers  in  the  Church  militant ;  and, 

"  Whereas,  in  his  long  connection  with  this  Presby- 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      95 

terj  he  has  ever  maintained  an  honored  place  in  our 
midst,  discharging  every  duty  incumbent  upon  him 
fearlessly  and  with  fidelity,  and  in  his  walk  and  con- 
versation ever  bearing  himself  with  that  dignity,  zeal, 
and  faithfulness  becoming  the  commissioned  ambassa- 
dor of  King  Jesus ;  and, 

"  Whereas^  in  his  relation  with  us,  by  his  warm  heart, 
genial  manner,  manly  bearing,  always  quick  to  speak, 
a  ready  debater,  fearless  in  his  utterances,  and  valiant 
in  his  defence  of  truth  as  known  and  promulgated  by 
the  Presbyterian  Church,  he  endeared  himself  to  us  all, 
and  secured  himself  a  place  within  the  very  citadel  of 
our  hearts'  warmest  friendship  ;  and, 

"  Whereas^  we  recognize  in  the  soundness  and  perfec- 
tion of  his  blameless  Christian  life,  and  the  fulness  and 
completeness  of  his  ministerial  life  and  labors,  the 
Church  at  large  has  sustained  a  severe  loss,  therefore 

Hesolved,  that  we  his  co-Presbyters,  while  recognizing 
that  our  King  and  loving  Head  doeth  all  things  well — 
and  while  bowing  with  Christian  submission  to  His  will, 
we  express  our  profound  personal  sorrow  over  our  per- 
sonal loss  in  the  removal  of  our  friend,  and  over  the  loss 
of  this  Presbytery  in  the  removal  of  a  faithful,  zealous 
member,  and  the  loss  of  the  Church  of  God  in  the 
death  of  an  honored  minister." 

May  7.  Rev.  S.  M.  Gould,  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Philadelphia  North;  Rev.  S.  A.  Harlow,  of  the  Pres- 


96  HISTORY   OF   THE 

bytery  of  Brooklyn,  and  Rev.  George  Van  Deurs,  of 
the  Presbytery  of  Kew  York,  were  received  on  certifi- 
cate. Mr.  Harlow  having  accepted  the  call  from  the 
Mantua  Second  Church,  his  installation  was  appointed 
for  the  17th  inst.  A  call  was  presented  from  IN'orth- 
minster  Church  for  the  pastoral  services  of  Rev.  Robert 
H.  Fulton. 

June  4.  Mr.  Fulton  was  received  from  the  Presby- 
tery of  Baltimore,  and,  having  accepted  the  call  from 
!N'orthminster  Church,  his  installation  was  appointed 
for  June  12.  Rev.  F.  L.  Robbins  asked  and  obtained 
leave  to  resign  the  pastoral  charge  of  the  Oxford 
Church.  The  Rev.  J.  S.  Dickson  was  licensed  to  preach 
the  gospel  June  25.  Mr.  Carl  J.  Albrecht  was  licensed 
to  preach  the  gospel.  A  call  for  the  pastoral  services 
of  the  Rev.  Robert  Hunter  was  presented  from  the 
Kensington  Church.  The  ISTorthwestern  Church  was 
dissolved. 

Sept.  3.  A  call  was  presented  from  the  Kenderton 
Church  for  the  pastoral  services  of  Rev.  J.  McElmoyle ; 
the  call  was  accepted,  and  the  installation  appointed  for 
the  20th  inst.  Rev.  Robert  Hunter  was  received  from 
the  Reformed  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  accepted  the 
call  from  the  Kensington  Church,  and  was  installed 
September  13. 


PRESBYTERY   OF   PHILADELPHIA   CENTRAL.  97 

Obituary  Notice  of  Rev.  E.  P.  Heberton. 

"  In  the  death  of  Rev.  Edward  P.  Heberton,  a  mem- 
ber of  this  Presbytery,  and  recently  pastor  of  one  of  our 
churches,  and  who  was  about  to  be  translated  to  another 
field  of  labor  where  there  was  the  prospect  of  further 
and  more  extended  usefulness,  we  desire  to  bow  rever- 
ently to  the  inscrutable  sovereignty  of  the  Great  Head 
of  the  Church  who  has  so  suddenly,  and  within  so  short 
a  time,  called  away  another  beloved  brother  and  fellow- 
laborer  in  the  gospel. 

"  In  the  assiduous  use  of  his  fine  gifts  by  voice 
and  pen  through  the  whole  period  of  his  ministry  in 
the  gospel,  wherein  he  followed  in  the  footsteps  of  his 
honored  and  venerated  father,  whom  nevertheless  he 
so  unexpectedly  preceded  to  the  Heavenly  Mansions, 
our  beloved  brother  leaves  many  to  mourn  him  in  his 
various  fields  of  labor,  who  were  personally  indebted, 
by  his  earnest,  faithful,  and  affectionate  presentation  of 
gospel  truth  and  grace. 

"  Remembering  that  this  sad  and  sudden  bereave- 
ment falls  most  heavily  upon  the  afilicted  widow  and 
children  of  our  beloved  brother,  who  were  expected  to 
join  him  in  his  intended  field  of  labor,  and  who  instead 
thereof  will  be  united  to  him  no  more  until  they  like- 
wise are  summoned  to  their  heavenly  rest  and  reward, 
we  afiectionately  commend  her  and  them,  and  also  his 


98  HISTORY   OF   THE 

aged  and  venerated  parents  to  the  rich  hopes  and 
gracious  consolation  of  the  gospel  which  they  have  so 
often  heard  from  the  lips  which  are  now  sealed  in  death, 
sorrowing  most  of  all  because  they  shall  see  his  face  no 
more,  yet  they  sorrow  not  as  those  who  have  no  hope." 

Oct.  2.  Rev.  William  Bannard  was  received  from  the 
Presbytery  of  West  Jersey.  Nov.  5.  The  Presbyterian 
Historical  Society  was  recommended  to  the  liberal  sup- 
port of  the  churches  of  the  Presbytery,  and  Rev. 
Andrew  McElwain,  who  had  been  appointed  to  take 
subscriptions,  donations,  and  contributions  for  the  said 
Society,  was  commended  to  the  confidence  of  the 
churches.  The  Rev.  W.  V.  Louderbaugh  asked  and 
obtained  leave  to  resign  the  pastoral  charge  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  I^J'orthern  Liberties.  A  call 
was  presented  from  Trinity  Church  for  the  pastoral 
services  of  Rev.  James  D.  Shanks.  Rev.  S.  W.  Dana, 
D.D.,  asked  that  leave  be  granted  the  West  Walnut 
Street  CHurch  to  establish  a  Sabbath  School  at  Girard 
Avenue  and  Forty-first  Street,  and  his  request  was  re- 
ferred to  the  Committee  on  Church  Extension. 

Dec.  3.  Rev.  Robert  Graham  was  received  from  the 
Presbytery  of  'New  Castle.  Rev.  M.  Mangasarian  was 
received,  accepted  a  call  to  the  Spring  Garden  Church, 
and  was  installed  December  7.  On  December  10,  the 
Rev.  M.  Newkirk  asked  and  obtained  leave  to  resign 
the  pastoral  charge  of  the  Bethlehem  Church.     A  call 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      99 

was  presented  from  the  l^orth  Church  for  the  pastoral 
services  of  Rev.  Asburj^  Clark. 

1884. 

Jan.  8.  Rev.  James  D.  Shanks  was  received  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Redstone,  accepted  the  call  from  Trinity 
Church,  and  was  installed  January  14.  An  application 
was  made  from  the  congregation  worshiping  in  Hebron 
Chapel,  at  Twenty-fifth  and  Jefferson  streets,  and  under 
the  care  of  Olivet  Church,  for  the  organization  of  a 
church  at  that  place — referred  to  the  Committee  on 
Church  Extension,  who  subsequently  reported  the 
church  as  organized.  February  4.  Mr.  Robert  H.  Kirk 
was  received  as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry.  March  3. 
A  call  was  presented  from  the  Hebron  Memorial  Church 
for  the  pastoral  services  of  Rev.  Robert  Graham,  and 
accepted.     Mr.  Graham  was  installed  March  20. 

April  1.  A  call  from  the  Bethlehem  Church  for  the 
pastoral  services  of  Rev.  B.  L.  Agnew,  D.D.,  was  pre- 
sented. April  7.  Henry  Brickly  and  Edward  M.  Hay- 
maker were  licensed  to  preach  the  gospel.  May  5.  Rev. 
B.  L.  Agnew,  D.D.,  was  received  from  the  Presbytery 
of  Pittsburgh,  and  Rev.  Asbury  C.  Clark  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Northumberland.  Mr.  Clark  having 
accepted  a  call  from  the  Korth  Church,  arrangements 
were  made  for  his  installation  on  the  15th  inst.  Dr. 
Agnew  having  accepted  the  call  from  the  Bethlehem 


100  HISTORY   OF  THE 

Church,  May  12  was  appointed  for  his  installation. 
Arrano^ements  were  made  for  the  ordination  of  Mr.  E. 
M.  Haymaker,  under  appointment  of  the  Board  of 
Foreign  Missions  as  a  missionary,  on  the  16th  inst. 

Election  of  Delegates  to  Synod. 

At  the  meeting  of  Presbytery,  July  1,  the  following 
resolution  was  adopted :  "  Resolved^  That  in  the  election 
of  delegates  to  the  Synod,  the  principle  of  regular  ro- 
tation be  observed,  beginning  with  the  head  of  the  roll 
both  of  ministers  and  of  churches,  and  going  through 
to  the  end."  Mr.  J.  H.  Elliott,  a  licentiate  of  the 
Philadelphia  Presbytery  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian 
Church  was  received  on  certificate. 

Sept.  1.  Mr.  Henry  C.  Fox  was  received  as  a  can- 
didate for  the  gospel  ministry.  The  name  of  the  Sixty- 
third  Street  Church  was  changed  to  "Patterson  Me- 
morial Church." 

Oct.  7.  Rev.  Madison  C.  Peters  was  received  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Ottawa,  and  having  accepted  a  call  from 
the  First  Church  of  Northern  Liberties,  April  14  was 
appointed  for  his  installation.  Nov.  3.  Mr.  P.  Gr. 
Rambo  was  received  as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry. 

Obituary  Notice  of  Rev.  C.  F.  Diver. 

"  The  Presbytery  desires  to  place  on  record  our  ex- 
pression of  the  Christian  and  brotherly  affection  which 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA   CENTRAL.  liOl 

they  entertained  for  Rev.  C.  F.  Diver  whom  God  has 
taken  to  himself,  and  our  acknowledgment  of  his  faith- 
ful services  as  a  minister  of  the  gospel  during  his  long 
and  honored  life.  Born  in  1812,  Mr.  Diver  was  con- 
verted to  Christ  when  about  seventeen  years  old,  and 
at  the  sacrifice  of  a  lucrative  business  dedicated  him- 
self to  the  work  of  the  ministry.  Having  graduated  at 
Jeflferson  College  in  1839,  and  Union  Seminary  in  1842, 
he  gathered  a  congregation  in  Jefferson ville.  Pa.,  which 
was  organized  and  over  which  he  became  pastor  in  1843. 
He  removed  thence  to  Waterford,  Pa.,  and  afterward 
labored  for  eighteen  years  as  pastor  of  the  Second  Church, 
Cedarville,  N.  J.  By  his  earnest  preaching  of  the 
gospel,  his  pastoral  visitation,  and  the  power  of  a  godly 
life,  he  advanced  the  kingdom  of  Christ,  and  became  a 
minister  greatly  beloved.  During  the  last  years  of  his 
life  when  he  resided  in  Philadelphia,  without  charge, 
he  gave  cheerful  and  valuable  aid  to  pastors  both  in 
preaching  and  in  visitation  of  the  sick  and  the  afflicted. 
As  a  labor  of  love  he  was  a  constant  visitor  at  the 
'  Eastern  Penitentiary,'  and  by  his  wise  and  tender 
admonitions  was  the  means  of  rescuing  some  from  a  life 
of  crime.  As  a  man,  conscientious,  humble,  zealous  in 
every  good  work,  charitable  in  spirit  and  in  speech, 
and  firmly  attached  to  principle,  with  a  profound  faith 
in  Divine  Providence,  he  was  always  cheerful  and  con- 
tented ;  he  lived  by  faith  in  the  Son  of  God  who  '  loved 


102  HISTORY   OF   THE 

him  and  gave  himself  for  him,'  and  he  fell  asleep  in 
the  hope  of  the  gospel. 

"  Eeviewing  the  character  and  useful  life  of  their 
brother,  Rev.  C.  F.  Diver,  the  Presbytery  would  record 
its  gratitude  to  God  for  the  grace  manifested  in  his 
consecrated,  useful  life,  their  sorrow  that  they  will 
henceforth  be  deprived  of  his  saintly  companionship 
and  wise  advice,  and  their  renewed  resolution  to  follow 
them  who  through  faith  and  patience  have  inherited 
the  promises." 

1885. 

Feb.  2.  The  Eev.  L.  M.  Colfelt  was  received,  accepted 
a  call  to  the  Oxford  Church,  and  the  15th  instant  was 
appointed  for  his  installation.  March  2.  The  pastoral 
relation  of  Eev.  H.  J.  Weber  was,  at  his  request,  dis- 
solved. April  7.  A  call  from  the  Chandler  Memorial 
Church  for  the  pastoral  services  of  Eev.  F.  L.  Eobbins, 
D.D.,  and  also  for  the  pastoral  services  of  Eev.  J.  H. 
Marr,  was  presented. 

Sympathy  "with  General  Grant. 

The  following  paper,  presented  by  Dr.  Eva,  was  unani- 
mously adopted : — 

"  Resolved^  That  as  members  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Philadelphia  Central,  we  hereby  express  our  deep 
sympathy    with    General   Grant    in    his  severe    and 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     103 

painful  affliction,  and  hope  that  through  divine  grace 
he  is  prepared  for  that  final  conflict  which  is  so  rapidly 
approaching,  and  our  earnest  desire  that  his  beloved 
family  may  be  sustained  in  the  great  sorrow  which 
darkens  their  dwelling  and  desolates  their  hearts." 

Mr.  Reni  Brettinghauser  was  received  as  a  candidate 
for  the  ministry.  April  13.  Mr.  Peter  Gr.  Eambo  was 
licensed  to  preach  the  gospel.  May  4.  The  plan  for 
Synodical  Sustentation  and  Home  Missions,  as  prepared 
by  Synod's  Committee,  was  approved  and  adopted. 
The  establishment  of  a  "  Home  for  Aged  Couples  in 
the  Presbyterian  Church"  was  strongly  commended  to 
the  sympathy  and  support  of  the  churches,  also  East- 
burn  Mariners'  Bethel.  A  call  from  the  Carmel 
Church  for  the  pastoral  services  of  Rev.  Carl  Schwarz- 
burg  was  presented  and  accepted.     Installed  June  17. 

Princeton  Church. 

June  1.  In  view  of  the  approaching  quarter  century 
anniversary  of  Dr.  J.  A.  Henry's  pastorate  of  Princeton 
Church,  Presbytery  placed  on  record  their  high  appre- 
ciation of  their  honored  and  beloved  brother  to  his 
pastoral  and  Presbyterial  duties,  and  their  sincere  prayer 
that  his  life  might  be  long  continued  to  preach  the 
gospel  of  Christ,  and  to  render  his  wise  counsels  to  the 
courts  of  the  Church.  A  committee  was  appointed  to 
prepare  a  protest  against  a  petition  for  permission  to 


104  HISTORY   OF   THE 

celebrate  mass  in  the  House  of  Correction,  presented 
by  the  Roman  Catholic  Societies.  The  Rev.  S.  A. 
Harlow's  pastoral  relation  to  the  Second  Mantua 
Church,  at  his  request,  was  dissolved.  June  30.  The 
name  of  Chandler  Memorial  Church  was  changed  to 
"  Beacon  Church."  Sympathy  was  expressed  by  Pres- 
bytery with  Rev.  W.  D.  Roberts  in  his  sad  bereave- 
ment by  the  death  of  his  beloved  wife.  The  pastoral 
relation  of  Rev.  J.  W.  Bain  to  the  Alexander  Church, 
at  his  own  request,  was  dissolved. 

Sept.  7.  Rev.  William  Sterritt,  D.D.,  was  received 
from  the  Reformed  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  also 
the  Second  Reformed  Church  of  the  same  Presbytery. 
Mr.  James  Mattheson  was  received  as  a  candidate  for 
the  ministry.  Oct.  6.  Rev.  G.  F.  Wiswell's  pastoral 
relation  to  the  Green  Hill  Church,  at  his  request,  was 
dissolved.  Rev.  W.  C.  Rommel  was  appointed  Vice 
Moderator  of  the  Presbytery.  The  pastoral  relation  of 
Pev.  M.  M.  Mangasarian  to  Spring  Garden  Church  was 
dissolved,  and  his  name  erased  from  the  roll  of  Presby- 
tery. 

1886. 

Jan.  5.  The  Rev.  W.  H.  McCaughey  was  received 
from  the  Presbytery  of  Washington,  and,  having  ac- 
cepted a  call  from  the  Second  Mantua  Church,  January 
14  was  appointed  for  his  installation.  Mr.  Francis 
Lloyd  was  received  as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry. 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     105 

Feb.  1.  A  call  was  presented  from  Spring  Grarden 
Church  for  the  pastoral  services  of  Rev.  David  Wills, 
Jr.  Eev.  J.  W.  Loch  asked  and  obtained  leave  to  re- 
sign the  pastoral  charge  of  the  Zion  German  Church. 
Arrangements  were  made  for  the  ordination  of  Mr. 
Peter  Gr.  Rambo,  a  licentiate,  Feb.  12. 

March  1.  Rev.  David  Wills,  Jr.,  was  received,  ac- 
cepted the  call  from  Spring  Garden  Church,  and  the 
8th  inst.  appointed  for  his  installation.  April  6.  Rev. 
B.  L.  Agnew,  D.D.,  was  appointed  Vice-Moderator. 
A  call  was  presented  from  Zion  Church  for  the  pastoral 
services  of  Rev.  H.  F.  Bernhardt.  Presbytery  expressed 
its  sympathy  with  A.  Y.  C.  Schenck,  D.D.,  under  his 
sore  bereavement  in  the  death  of  his  beloved  wife. 
April  12.  The  Rev.  H.  C.  Fox  was  licensed  to  preach 
the  gospel.  May  2.  Mr.  Harry  W.  Haring  was  re- 
ceived as  a  candidate  for  the  gospel  ministry.  Rev. 
F.  L.  Robbins,  D.D.,  and  Rev.  J.  H.  Marr  were  ap- 
pointed Stated  Supplies  of  Beacon  Church  for  six 
months,  and  Rev.  Dr.  Robbins  Provisional  Moderator 
of  the  Church.  June  7.  The  Rev.  J.  A.  Ilerold  was 
called  to  the  Greenhill  Church,  and  Rev.  H.  F.  Bern- 
hardt to  Zion  Church.  Mr.  B.,  having  accepted  the  call, 
was  installed  July  11.  Mr.  Charles  Wads  worth,  a 
licentiate,  was  received  June  29,  and  arrangements 
made  for  his  ordination  and  installation  as  assistant  of 
Dr.  Harper  in  the  ]^orth  Broad  Street  Church  on  the 


106  HISTORY   OF   THE 

16tli  inst.  Eev.  II.  D.  ISTorthrop  asked  and  obtained 
leave  to  resign  the  pastoral  charge  of  [N'orth  Tenth 
Street  Church.  Mr.  Herold  having  accepted  the  call  to 
Greenhill  Church,  Sept.  29  was  appointed  for  his  in- 
stallation. Rev.  M.  N^ewkirk,  D.D.,  having  accepted  a 
call  from  the  Bethesda  Church  as  Collegiate  Pastor, 
was  installed  September  12. 

Sabbath  Funerals. 

'•''Resolved^  That  the  members  of  this  Presbytery  be 
enjoined  to  do  all  in  their  power  to  discourage  the  cus- 
tom of  holding  funeral  services  on  the  Lord's  Day." 

Sept.  16.  Mr.  William  Morrison  was  received  as  a 
candidate  for  the  gospel  ministry.  Oct.  5.  The  name 
of  Kenderton  Church  was  changed  to  "Tioga  Church." 
Samuel  Heuston  was  received  as  a  candidate  for  the 
gospel  ministry. 

Church  Debts  and  Manses. 

A  committee  was  appointed  to  consider  the  practica- 
bility of  removing  all  indebtedness  on  church  buildings 
in  Presbytery,  and  the  procurement  of  Manses  as  a 
suitable  method  of  celebrating  the  coming  Centennial. 

History  of  Presbytery. 

l^ov.  1.  W.  C.  Rommel  was  made  chairman  of  the 
committee    on  the  History  of   Presbytery.     Permis- 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     107 

sion  was  given  the  committee  to  select  their  historian, 
and  to  pay  such  a  suitable  compensation. 

Mr.  Reuben  Harman  was  received  as  a  candidate  for 
the  gospel  ministry. 

1887. 

Jan.  4.  Mr.  James  H.  Fitzsimmons,  Mr.  Albert  Wirth, 
and  Mr.  Alfred  Staeger  were  received  as  candidates  for 
the  gospel  ministry. 

Minute  on  the  Death  of  Rev.  George  Locker. 

"  Whereas,  it  has  pleased  God  to  remove  by  death  the 
Rev.  George  Locker,  a  member  of  this  Presbytery  from 
its  organization,  and  a  pastor  under  its  care  for  years : 

"  Tlierefore,  Resolved,  That  we  acknowledge  the  hand  of 
the  Great  Head  of  the  Church  in  this  dispensation,  that 
we  remember  with  gratification  our  brother's  earnest, 
faithful  work,  especially  as  our  pioneer  in  our  now  im- 
portant interest  among  the  German  people,  he  being 
the  first  pastor  in  this  work,  that  we  tender  to  his 
family  our  sincere  sympathy  in  the  sorrow  of  their  be- 
reavement, and  that  we  recognize  again  the  voice  of 
admonition, '  to  work  while  it  is  called  to-day,  know- 
ino;  that  the  night  cometh  wherein  no  man  can  work.'  " 

Trustees. 

Rev.  S.  A.  Mutchmore,  D.D.,  Rev.  B.  L.  Agnew, 
D.D.,  G.  S.  Graham,  and  J.  B.  Stevenson  were  ap- 


108  HISTORY   OF   THE 

pointed  trustees  of  the  Presbytery,  with  power  to  name 
three  other  persons  from  the  list  submitted  by  the  com- 
mittee on  charter  to  complete  the  number  of  trustees. 

Mr.  David  Scott  Clark  was  received  as  a  candidate 
for  the  ministry. 

Feb.  21.  Rev.  David  Wills,  D.D.,  was  received  from 
the  Presbytery  of  Washington,  accepted  a  call  from  the 
]S"orth  Tenth  Street  Church,  and  March  3  was  appointed 
for  his  installation.  Rev.  D.  Wills,  Jr.,  asked  and  ob- 
tained leave  to  resign  the  pastoral  charge  of  Spring 
Garden  Church.  Sympathy  was  expressed  with  Elder 
J.  B.  Stevenson  in  his  dangerous  illness,  and.  prayer 
offered  in  his  behalf. 

Death  of  John  B.  Stevenson. 

The  following  paper  was  adopted  March  7. 

"  Whereas^  an  all-wise  Providence  hath  called  into 
rest  Elder  John  B.  Stevenson,  long  associated  with  us 
in  our  church  affairs  in  this  city.  Presbytery  herewith 
records  our  appreciation  of  his  many  and  self-denying 
labors,  our  severe  loss  sustained  by  his  removal,  and  our 
gratitude  to  the  Great  Head  of  the  Church,  that 
Brother  Stevenson  was  not  taken  until  after  he  had 
seen  good  for  many  years,  and  had  obtained  the  testi- 
mony that  he  had  pleased  God." 

April  5.  The  following  additional  persons  were  elected 
trustees  of  Presbytery:     Rev.  John  Hemphill,  D.D., 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     109 

Alexander  Whilldin,  William  W.  Allen,  and  Edward 
Partridge.  One  of  these  elders  was  chosen  in  place  of 
John  B.  Stevenson,  deceased. 

Obituary  Notice  of  Dr.  Parsons. 

"  Presbytery  makes  record  of  the  death  of  B.  B.  Par- 
sons, D.D.,  LL.D.,  on  the  25th  of  Feb.  1887.  Dr.  Par- 
sons was  an  aged  minister  who  had  spent  a  long  time 
in  the  service  of  the  Master.  As  a  preacher  of  the 
gospel,  a  pastor  of  the  several  churches  to  which  he 
sustained  the  pastoral  relation,  and  agent  for  the  several 
interests  of  Education  and  the  Holy  Sabbath,  which  he 
served,  he  was  faithful,  able,  and  useful.  His  latter 
days  for  a  few  years  past  were  spent  in  quiet  retirement 
in  which,  and  in  the  bosom  of  his  family,  he  finished 
his  course  in  the  triumph  of  faith,  and  was  doubtless 
called  to  his  reward.  Presbytery  hereby  acknowledges 
the  hand  of  God  in  his  removal  from  earth,  and  would 
take  to  heart  the  lesson  of  the  dispensation,  '  to  work 
while  it  is  called  to-day,  knowing  that  the  night 
cometh.' " 

A  call  from  Alexander  Church  for  the  pastoral  ser- 
vices of  Rev.  Alexander  Alison  was  presented.  April 
11.  Mr.  David  S.  Clark,  Mr.  William  Morrison,  and 
Mr.  H.  C.  Fox  were  licensed  to  preach  the  gospel. 

May  2.  Rev.  Alexander  Alison  was  received  from 
the  Presbytery  of  Baltimore,  accepted  the  call  to  Alex- 


110  HISTORY   OF   THE 

ander  Church,  and  June  5  wa3  appoiJited  for  his  in- 
stallation. Mr.  Robert  Moore  was  received  as  a  can- 
didate for  the  ministry.  June  6.  Mr.  James  H.  Fitz- 
simmons  was  licensed  to  preach  the  gospel.  June  28. 
The  pastoral  relation  of  Eev.  C.  C.  Dickey  to  the 
Patterson  Memorial  Church  was,  at  his  request,  dis- 
solved. 

Sept.  5.  Eev.  J.  Richelson  asked  and  obtained  leave 
to  resign  the  pastoral  charge  of  Carmel  Church.  Oct. 
4.  Rev.  H.  F.  Bernhardt,  pastor  of  Zion  German 
Church,  asked  and  obtained  leave  to  resign  his  charge 
of  the  Church,  l^ov.  7.  Mr.  J.  B.  Fisher  and  Mr.  E. 
Gr.  Fullerton  were  received  as  candidates  for  the  min- 
istry. Dec.  5.  Rev.  H.  C.  Schleuter  received  and 
accepted  a  call  to  Carmel  Church,  and  Dec.  16  was 
appointed  for  his  installation.  A  call  from  the  Patter- 
son Memorial  Church  for  the  pastoral  services  of  Mr. 
G.  P.  Bell  was  presented.  Mr.  Bell  subsequently 
accepted  the  call,  and  was  ordained  January  9, 1888. 
A  call  for  the  pastoral  services  of  Rev.  A.  A.  Murphy, 
from  Spring  Garden  Church,  was  presented,  afterwards 
accepted,  and  Mr.  Murphy  installed  Jan.  24. 

1888. 

Jan.  3.  Rev.  C.  T.  Albrecht  was  called  to  Zion 
Church,  and  installed  Januar}^  12.  Mr.  B.  B.  Bigler 
and  Mr.  C.  A.  Price  were  received  as  candidates  for 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     Ill 

the  miuistry.  April  3.  ''Besolved,  That  this  Presby- 
tery gratefully  acknowledges  the  goodness  of  God  in 
returning  to  this  Presbytery,  to  his  church,  and  his 
home.  Rev.  S.  A.  Mutchmore,  D.D.,  who,  with  his  wife, 
as  his  companion,  has  accomplished  his  journey  around 
the  world,  having  travelled  a  distance  of  36,000  miles." 

Paper  on  Rev.  "W.  C.  Rommel. 
"As  Rev.  W,  C.  Rommel,  pastor  of  the  Gaston 
Church,  whose  hospitality  we  now  enjoy,  has  recently 
completed  the  tenth  year  of  his  pastorate,  we  take 
this  opportunity  as  his  fellow-presbyters  to  express 
to  him  our  high  appreciation  of  his  earnest,  self-deny- 
ing and  successful  work,  nobly  sustained  by  the  coop- 
eration of  the  young  organization  in  effecting  a  change 
of  site  for  their  church  building,  and  rearing  the  foun- 
dation and  first  story  of  the  superstructure  of  the  hand- 
some and  commodious  church,  which  we  earnestly  de- 
sire they  may  be  able  to  complete  'with  shoutings  of 
grace,  grace  unto  it.' " 

Christian  Union. 

The  following  paper,  presented  by  Dr.  Wills,  was 
adopted : 

"Inasmuch  as  the  providence  of  God  clearly  indi- 
cates a  growing  desire  for  a  closer  union  and  commu- 
nion among  the  various  evangelical  churches, 


112  HISTORY   OP   THE 

'' JResolved,  That  it  is  the  sense  of  this  Presbytery 
that  special  prayer  ought  to  be  made  in  all  our  congrega- 
tions for  the  progress  of  the  spirit  of  love  and  unity, 
and  that  as  ministers  and  elders  we  will  encourage  all 
proper  efforts  for  the  final  fulfilment  of  our  Lord's  in- 
tercessory prayer  '  that  they  all  may  be  one/  " 

The  following  paper,  presented  by  Dr.  J.  H.  Munro, 
was  also  adopted : 

"  The  Presbytery  desire  to  state  for  the  information 
of  their  own  and  other  churches,  the  Scriptural  princi- 
ple whereby  practical  church  unity  can  be  secured  and 
union  formed. 

"  1.  All  believers  in  Christ  constitute  one  body,  which 
is  the  Church,  mystical  yet  real,  and  destined  to  grow 
into  the  fulness  of  Him  who  '  filleth  all  in  all.' 

"  2.  The  universal  visible  Church  consists  of  all  those 
throughout  the  world  who  profess  the  Christian  re- 
ligion, together  with  their  children. 

"  3.  Mutual  recognition  and  reciprocity  between  the 
different  bodies  who  profess  the  Christian  religion,  that 
is,  the  recognition  of  the  membership,  sacraments,  and 
ordination  of  the  several  bodies  as  true  and  valid,  is  the 
first  and  essential  step  toward  practical  church  unity." 

The  following  are  the  membership  figures  in  the  last 
Statistical  Reports  to  the  Philadelphia  Central  Presby- 
tery : 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL. 


113 


Additions 

Additions 

Total 

CHURCHES. 

on 

on 

Examination. 

Certificate. 

Membership. 

Alexander       .... 

47 

42 

248 

Arch  Street     . 

9 

17 

417 

Bethlehem 

32 

31 

497 

Bethesda 

27 

17 

508 

Central   . 

7 

8 

461 

Cohocksink      . 

33 

15 

756 

Covenant 

12 

11 

325 

Columbia  Avenue 

5 

23 

3G0 

Gaston  Memorial 

14 

23 

251 

Hebron  Memorial 

27 

14 

281 

Kensington,  First 

74 

8 

950 

Mantua,  Second 

26 

28 

306 

Memorial 

21 

10 

616 

North      . 

10 

7 

434 

Northern  Liberties,  First 

29 

1 

475 

North  Broad  Street 

116 

22 

699 

North  Tenth  Street 

13 

7 

170 

Northminster 

25 

25 

375 

Olivet      . 

93 

41 

959 

Patterson  Memorial 

10 

7 

184 

Princeton 

41 

26 

510 

Spring  Garden 

15 

10 

191 

Susquehanna  Avenue 

55 

40 

330 

Temple    . 

. 

18 

14 

407 

Trinity    . 

17 

13 

275 

Tioga       .         . 

6 

31 

233 

West  Arch  Street    . 

37 

50 

709 

West  Park      . 

• 

18 

14 

240 

CHURCHES  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY. 


ALEXANDER   CHURCH. 

On  the  9th  of  January,  1858,  by  invitation  of  the 
Eev.  Wm.  E.  Schenck,  D.D.,  then  residing  on  the 
southeast  corner  of  Eighteenth  and  Green  streets,  the 
following  gentlemen,  residents  of  that  section  of  the 
city,  met  him  at  his  house,  for  conference  in  regard  to 
establishing  a  church  in  that  neighborhood,  viz :  Wm. 
T.  Snodgrass,  Esq.,  Col.  James  Ross  Snowden,  John 
McDowell,  Jr.,  Esq.,  and  John  C.  Tabor,  Esq.  Five 
days  later,  it  was  reported  by  a  committee  appointed 
for  the  purpose,  that  a  vacant  store-room  had  been 
secured,  for  public  worship,  at  the  southeast  corner  of 
Seventeenth  and  Mt.  Vernon  streets,  and  it  was  decided 
that  the  proposed  church  should  be  called  the  Alexan- 
der Presbyterian  Church,  in  honor  of  the  Rev.  Archi- 
bald Alexander,  D.D.,  a  few  years  previously  deceased. 
The  following  data  have  been  kindly  furnished  by  a 
gentleman  familiar  with  the  church's  history,  for  the 
preparation  of  this  sketch. 

"On  Sabbath,  January  24,  1858,  the  Rev.   Alfred 


116  HISTORY   OF   THE 

Kevin,  D.D.,  to  whom  the  gentlemen  of  the  conference 
had  agreed  to  look  as  a  fit  and  proper  person  to  in- 
augurate public  worship  under  the  auspices  of  the  new 
enterprise,  preached  in  the  store-room  at  10.30  A.M., 
on  the  text — 'Who  hath  despised  the  day  of  small 
things?'  (Zech.  iv.  10.)  Dr.  J^evin  also  preached  in 
the  evening — the  house,  at  both  services,  being  crowded 
to  overflowing.  On  Friday  evening,  January  29,  a 
meeting  of  the  trustees  took  place,  and  a  charter  was 
presented  and  adopted.  On  Sabbath,  January  31,  a 
Sabbath  School  was  organized  with  seventy-six  scholars. 
On  the  following  Wednesday  evening,  after  lecture,  the 
trustees  authorized  a  committee  to  buy  a  lot  of  ground 
for  a  permanent  house  of  worship.  This  committee 
speedily  secured  the  beautiful  site  where  the  church 
now  stands — at  the  northeast  corner  of  Nineteenth  and 
Green. 

"  In  accordance  with  a  petition  presented  to  Presby- 
tery, and  signed  by  a  large  number  of  persons,  that 
body  appointed  a  committee  to  organize  the  church. 
The  first  ruling  elders  were  chosen  March  15, 1858,  and 
on  March  16  Presbytery's  committee  formally  com- 
pleted the  organization.  On  Sabbath,  April  11, 1858, 
the  new  church  took  possession  of  the  primitive  taber- 
nacle which  had  been  erected  by  the  trustees  for  tem- 
porary use  on  the  new^  site.  On  that  occasion  Dr. 
!N'evin  preached  from  Haggai  ii.  9 — '  The  glory  of  the 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     117 

latter  house  shall  be  greater  than  of  the  former,'  a  pre- 
diction Avhich  has  certainly  been  literally  fulfilled,  as 
the  present  elegant  and  fully  appointed  edifice  abun- 
dantly testifies.  Eev.  Charles  Wadsworth  preached  an 
eloquent  sermon  in  the  evening,  on  Eph.  ii.  21. 

"  On  Sabbath  evening,  April  18,  1858,  Dr.  Alfred 
;N"evin  was  inducted  into  the  pastoral  ofiice  by  action  of 
Presbytery.  This  relation  continued  until  1860,  during 
which  time  he  was  made  happy  in  the  large  audiences 
which  sat  under  his  ministry,  and  the  rapid  increase  in 
numbers  and  influence  of  his  charge.  Dr.  Xevin  was 
followed  by  the  Rev.  T.  M.  Cunningham,  D.D.,  who, 
during  his  ministry  of  over  eight  years,  secured  the 
completion  of  the  stately  church  building  which  the 
congregation  now  possesses.  The  Rev.  George  F.  Cain, 
the  next  pastor,  during  his  term  of  service,  was  success- 
ful in  removing  about  $30,000  of  the  $54,000  of  debt 
resting  on  the  Church.  The  Rev.  S.  A.  Mutchmore, 
D.D.,  Mr.  Cain's  successor,  removed  the  remaining  in- 
debtedness of  the  church.  In  1876  a  Mission  School 
was  oro-anized  at  the  corner  of  Eio;hteenth  and  Mont- 
gomery  Avenue  w^ith  thirtj^-five  scholars.  Dr.  Mutch- 
more inaugurated  afternoon  preaching  services  there, 
and  in  a  few  years  a  church  was  organized  to  which 
Dr.  Mutchmore,  in  1880,  accepted  a  call  as  pastor. 
(See  Memorial  Church.)  Rev.  J.  W.  Bain  was  the 
faithful  leader  of  Alexander  Church,  1882-5." 
W 


118  HISTORY   OF   THE 

The  present  popular  pastor,  the  Eev.  Alexander  Ali- 
son, having  accepted  a  hearty  and  unanimous  call,  was 
installed  pastor  June  5,  1887.  The  first  year  of  his 
work  has  been  blessed  with  the  accession  of  over  a 
score  of  new  families  to  the  strength  of  the  church. 
The  present  actual  membership  is  324.  The  Sabbath 
School  numbers  261.  The  average  amount  of  money 
received  and  disbursed  by  the  church  during  the  past 
thirty  years  of  its  history  exceeds  $10,000  annually. 
The  church  property  has  cost  the  congregation  in  the 
neighborhood  of  $150,000. 

Present  Eldership. 

Joseph  P.  Cooper,  J.  C.  Thomson, 

James  Hogg,  H.  W.  Lambirth. 

ARCH  STREET  CHURCH. 

(See  "  History  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia," 
pp.  310-12.) 

BEACON  CHURCH 

is  the  outgrowth  of  the  Chandler  Memorial  Church 
which  started  as  a  Sabbath  School,  organized  by  a 
colony  from  the  mother  church,  the  First  Presby- 
terian of  Kensington,  Philadelphia,  July  3, 1871.  After 
a  chequered   experience   in   which   its   existence   was 


BEACON  CHURCH,  CUMBERLAND  NEAR  CEDAR. 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     119 

greatly  imperilled  it  took  the  new  lease  of  its  present 
life  in  1881.  At  that  time  the  Eev.  James  H.  Marr, 
with  two  brothers-in-law  and  their  wives,  whilst  hunt- 
ing for  the  most  needy  gospel  field  the  city  furnished 
was  invited  to  this  enterprise.  An  era  of  great  pros- 
perity at  once  attended  the  combined  efforts  of  Mr. 
Marr  and  his  following  with  the  devoted  friends  who 
in  great  zeal  and  love  had  held  the  fort  "  for  the  pre- 
vious ten  years."  By  the  Spring  of  1885  the  work  had 
become  so  conspicuous  by  its  success  and  breadth  as  to 
arrest  the  attention  and  command  the  resources  of  a  no 
less  prominent  person  than  the  Rev.  Francis  L.  Robbins, 
D.D.,  formerly  founder  and  pastor  of  the  Broad  and 
Oxford  Streets  Presbyterian  Church,  March  23,  1885. 
At  the  instance  of  the  Rev.  Jas.  H.  Marr  his  resignation 
as  pastor  was  accepted,  and  the  Rev.  Francis  L.  Rob 
bins,  D.D.,  and  the  Rev.  Jas.  H.  Marr  elected  as  asso- 
ciated pastors.  From  that  date  the  church,  changing 
its  name  to  its  present  one,  and  proceeding  at  once  to 
erect  the  imposing  buildings  which  now  characterize 
it,  enjoyed  great  and  uninterrupted  success.  From  the 
year  1881,  when  a  few  friends  rallied  to  a  discouraged 
cause,  the  membership  has  increased  tenfold  from  54  to 
540,  the  Sabbath  School  grown  from  250  to  over  1000. 
The  church  work  broadened  out  into  the  Ladies'  Aid 
Society,  the  Young  Peoples'  Working  Association,  the 


120  HISTORY   OF   THE 

Institute  and  the   Dispensary,  with  two   Pastors,  six 
Euling  Elders,  and  an  efficient  Board  of  Trustees. 

Present  Eldership. 

Samuel  Wunder,  Jr.,        J.  Howard  Seal, 
John  Urwiler,  John  Davidson, 

JS'athaniel  Dickey,  Francis  ITaille. 

BEREAN  CHURCH. 

The  Berean  Presbyterian  Church  is  an  outgrowth  of 
the  Gloucester  Presbyterian  Mission,  which  was  organ- 
ized by  the  Lombard  Street  Central  Presbyterian 
Church,  Eev.  John  B.  Reeve,  D.D.,  pastor,  in  the  Win- 
ter of  1877-1878.  Rev.  Matthew  Anderson,  a  gradu- 
ate of  Oberlin  College,  and  of  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary,  took  charge  of  the  mission  on  the  14th  of 
October,  1879. 

The  mission  was  organized  into  a  church,  June  10, 
1880,  by  a  committee  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadel- 
phia Central.  Twenty-six  members  were  received  into 
the  new  church — thirteen  by  letter  and  thirteen  on  con- 
fession of  faith.  On  July  11,  1880,  the  Rev.  Matthew 
Anderson  was  installed  over  the  new  church.  The 
church  entered  their  new  building  on  South  College 
Avenue,  above  Ridge  Avenue  and  Nineteenth  Street, 
l^ov.  2, 1884.  The  dedicatory  sermon  was  preached  by 
the  Rev.  W.  M.  Paxton,  D.D.,  Professor  in  Princeton 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     121 

Seminary,  who  has  always  taken  a  friendly  interest  in 
the  pastor,  whose  family  were  at  one  time  parishioners 
of  Dr.  Paxton. 

The  church  edifice  is  a  blue  marble  structure,  in  form 
and  in  appointments  most  attractive  and  useful.  The 
whole  work  of  the  erection  was  under  the  care  of 
Elder  John  McGill,  of  the  Alexander  Church,  who 
rendered  in  every  way  most  valuable  service.  But  the 
greatest  work  was  done  by  the  pastor,  Eev.  Matthew 
Anderson,  who  labored  with  unconquerable  zeal  against 
disadvantages  which  would  have  broken  down  any 
ordinary  man;  raising  outside  of  his  congregation 
about  $14,000 — a  noble  triumph  of  one  of  a  race  which 
suffered  every  disadvantage. 

Present  Eldership. 
John  Payne. 

BETHESDA  CHURCH. 

The  Bethesda  Church  of  the  Presbytery  of  Phila- 
delphia Central  was  a  colony  from  the  First  Church, 
Kensington.  That  church  having  grown  to  nearly 
1100  in  membership,  Presbytery  suggested  coloniza- 
tion to  a  neio:hborhood  about  a  mile  off.  The  sus^o-es- 
tion  was  adopted,  and  the  pastor,  Rev.  W.  T.  Eva, 
D.D.,  led  out  180  persons,  who,  worshiping  in  a  public 
hall,  were,  Dec.  4, 1867,  organized  into  a  church.     He 


122  HISTORY   OF  THE 

was  elected  and  installed  pastor,  and  so  continues — 
honored,  successful,  beloved.  The  enterprise  evidently 
had  God's  approval,  for  it  was  greatly  prospered.  In 
two  years'  time  a  substantial  and  commodious  building 
w^as  erected  at  the  corner  of  Frankford  Avenue  and 
Vienna  Street,  in  which  work  the  congregation  was 
greatly  helped  by  that  generous  man,  John  A.  Brown, 
Esq.  The  house  will  seat  1200  people.  It  soon 
became  well  filled.  The  labors  of  the  pastor  and 
people  were  blessed ;  accessions  were  constant,  there 
having  never  been  a  communion  without  some  recep- 
tions. About  1000  have  been  received,  and  the  present 
membersrhip  is  580.  A  year  or  two  ago  Rev.  Matthew 
I^ewkirk  w^as  chosen  as  collegiate  pastor.  In  contribu- 
tions and  the  various  forms  of  Christian  activity  the 
church  is  efiicient  and  useful. 

Present  Eldership. 
William  L.  Ford,  David  Miller, 

Alex.  Henry,  Eobert  M.  Moore, 

Wm.  H.  Lamon,  James  May. 

Wm.  Lloyd, 

BETHLEHEM  CHURCH. 

The  Bethlehem  Presbyterian  Church  was  organized 
April  10,  1873,  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia 
Central  with  34  members.     At  the  same  date  the  Rev. 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     123 

Matthew  ]^ewkirk  was  elected  pastor.  He  was  in- 
stalled June  1  of  the  same  year,  and  continued  pastor 
for  ten  years. 

Ground  for  the  new  church  was  purchased  at  the 
X.  E.  corner  of  Broad  and  Diamond  streets  for  the 
sum  of  $25,000,  and  a  mortgage  created  for  that 
amount,  the  chief  part  of  which  still  remains  unpaid. 

A  frame  chapel  was  erected  upon  the  lot,  and  was 
dedicated  to  the  worship  of  God  June  22, 1873. 

A  Sabbath  School  was  organized  with  50  members 
the  day  the  chapel  was  dedicated. 

The  corner-stone  of  the  Sabbath  School  building  was 
laid  Oct.  16,  1875,  and  the  building  was  occupied  by 
the  Sabbath  School  April  9,  1876,  and  the  chapel  con- 
nected with  the  Sabbath  School  building  was  occupied 
Oct.  8, 1876. 

Rev.  B.  L.  Agnew,  D.D.,  was  called  to  the  pastorate 
of  this  church  in  the  Spring  of  1884,  and  was  installed 
Monday  evening.  May  12,  1884.  At  that  time  there 
were  268  communicants  in  the  church,  and  a  member- 
ship in  the  Sabbath  School  of  665.  At  present  there 
are  497  communicants  in  the  church,  and  a  member- 
ship in  the  Sabbath  School  of  904. 

A  beautiful  new  church  building  is  in  process  of 
erection,  and  the  church  is  both  spiritually  and  finan- 
cially in  a  very  flourishing  condition,  under  the  able, 
faithful,  and  acceptable  ministry  of  Dr.  Agnew. 


124  HISTORY   OF   THE 

CARMEL  CHURCH.     (German.) 

At  the  regular  June  meeting  (1880)  of  the  Presbytery 
of  Philadelphia  Central,  a  petition  was  presented  by 
citizens  and  residents  of  the  city,  living  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  Fourth  and  New  streets,  asking  for  the  organi- 
zation of  a  church  in  connection  with  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  IT.  S.  A. 
This  petition  was  signed  by  16  persons  who  expressed 
their  wish  to  become  members. 

A  committee  of  the  Presbytery  met  in  the  Tabor 
Church,  June  24,  1880,  at  7  o'clock  P.  M.,  and  organ- 
ized the  church,  as  requested.  The  name  Tabor 
Church  was  changed  to  Carmel  Church.  The  Rev.  H. 
J.  Weber,  then  missionary,  was  the  Stated  Supply  of 
the  church,  from  April  15,  1880,  till  April  2&,  1881, 
when  he  was  installed  pastor,  and  continued  so  until 
Feb.  4,  1885.  The  Rev.  Carl  H.  Schwartzbach  was 
pastor  from  June  17,  1885,  fc^-  a  little  more  than  two 
years.  October  18,  1887,  Rev.  Henry  G.  Schlueter,  the 
present  pastor,  was  called,  his  installation  taking  place 
December  16,  1887.  The  present  membership  of  the 
church  is  110,  that  of  the  Sabbath  School  100.  The 
church  edifice  seats  800,  and  has  a  value  of  $16,000,  all 
of  which  is  paid  for  except  $5000. 

Present  Eldership. 
George  Lenz,  Philip  Schmidt. 

Irvan  Mueller, 


PRESBYTERY   OF   PHILADELPHIA   CENTRAL.  125 

CENTRAL   CHURCH. 

The  Central  Presbyterian  Church  originated  in  a 
colony  from  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  soon  after 
the  death  of  the  Pev.  Joseph  Sandford,  pastor  of  that 
church.  The  congregation  was  organized  May  21, 1832, 
in  the  Franklin  Institute,  on  Seventh  Street.  The 
church  was  organized  on  the  19th  day  of  June  follow- 
ing, in  Whitefield  Academy,  in  Fourth  Street.  The 
congregation  worshiped  in  the  "Whitefield  Academy 
for  nearly  two  years,  and  until  the  completion  of  their 
own  house  of  worship. 

On  the  fifth  of  February,  1833,  the  congregation  was 
incorporated  as  "  The  Central  Presbyterian  Church  in 
the  City  of  Philadelphia."  On  the  22d  of  April,  1833, 
the  corner-stone  of  the  first  church  edifice  was  laid,  at 
the  corner  of  Eighth  and  Cherry  Streets,  with  appro- 
priate religious  services,  by  the  Rev.  John  Breckinridge. 
At  a  later  hour  of  the  same  day  the  congregation  elected 
the  Rev.  John  McDowell,  D.D.,  then  of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian Church,  of  Elizabeth  town,  IST.  J.,  to  be  their 
Pastor.  The  call  was  accepted,  and  Dr.  McDowell  was 
installed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  on  the  sixth 
of  June  following.  The  installation  took  place  in  the 
Whitefield  Academ3^  On  Sabbath,  February  23,  1834, 
the  church  edifice  was  opened  for  the  worship  of  God. 
On  this  occasion,  the  pastor  preached  in  the  morning, 


126  HISTORY   OF   THE 

from  Isa.  Ix.  13.  The  Rev.  Samuel  Miller,  D.D., 
preached  in  the  afternoon  from  2  Chron.  vi.  18.  In 
the  evening  the  Rev.  Wm.  !N'eill,  D.D.,  preached  from 
Rev.  xxii.  17,  last  clause. 

The  able,  faithful,  and  successful  pastorate  of  Dr. 
McDowell,  of  more  than  twelve  years,  was  terminated, 
at  his  own  request,  in  I^ov.  1845.  During  his  pastorate, 
the  church  organized  the  Cohocksink  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  erected  an  edifice  for  the  use  of  the  same. 

Mr.  William  Henry  Green,  a  student  of  the  Theologi- 
cal Seminary,  at  Princeton,  was  ordained  and  installed 
pastor  of  the  church,  May  16,  1849,  and  continued  in 
this  relation  until  July  7,  1851.  Rev.  Henry  Steele 
Clarke  was  pastor  from  September  8,  1852,  until  his 
death,  January  17,1864;  the  Rev.  Alexander  Reed, 
1864-73 ;  the  Rev.  Alfred  H.  Kellogg,  D.D.,  1873-4. 
The  able  present  pastor.  Rev.  John  H.  Munro,  D.D., 
was  installed  February  8, 1875. 

It  was  found  in  1876  that,  owing  to  the  removal  of 
members  to  newer  parts  of  the  city,  the  church  could 
not  be  maintained  at  Eighth  and  Cherry  Streets.  The 
old  church  property  was  sold  and  a  new  church  in  the 
Romanesque  style  was  built  on  IN'orth  Broad  Street, 
above  Fairmount  Avenue.  The  dedication  services  were 
held  May  5th,  1878,  the  pastor  preaching  from  the  text 
"  Holiness  becometh  thy  house,  0  Lord,  forever."  The 
success  of  the  church  has  justified  this  movement,  as 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     127 

the  membership  is  470 ;  the  Sabbath  School  numbers 
550 ;  and  there  are  raised  every  year  between  $16,000 
and  $18,000  for  religious  and  benevolent  purposes. 

The  church  engages  in  all  the  benevolent  work  sug- 
gested by  the  General  Assembly ;  has  several  Foreign 
Mission  Bands;  prepares  from  6  to  10  boxes  of  cloth- 
ing every  year  for  home  missionaries ;  employs  a  lady 
missionary  to  visit  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  church, 
and  has  a  flourishing  young  people's  association. 

Present  Eldership. 
M.  P.  Hutchinson,  M.D.,     Geo.  Eastburn, 
A.  A.  Shumway,  Chas.  G.  Blatchley. 

Albert  Parvin, 

COLUMBIA  AVENUE  CHURCH.  (FAIRMOUNT.) 

In  1868  a  company  of  Sabbath  School  workers  in  the 
Spring  Garden  Church  selected  the  northwest  part  of 
the  city  as  a  field  for  mission  work.  They  secured  a 
small  house,  gathered  and  organized  a  Sabbath  School, 
and  a  weekly  prayer-meeting.  Before  long  the  enter- 
prise became  independent  of  the  Spring  Garden  Church. 
After  the  work  had  been  carried  on  for  eighteen  months, 
the  Rev.  William  H.  Hodge  was  invited  to  become  a 
co-worker,  and  began  his  work  here  in  the  latter  part 
of  1869. 

In  the  Spring  of  1870  the  Presbytery  organized  the 
Columbia  Avenue  Church,  and  Mr.  Hodge  became  its 


128  HISTORY   OF   THE 

pastor,  in  which  relation  he  still  continues,  with  the 
high  esteem  of  his  flock  and  the  Divine  blessing  on  his 
labors.  A  building  lot  at  Twenty-first  Street  and 
Columbia  Avenue  was  purchased,  and  a  stone  chapel 
erected  upon  it.  The  Sabbath  School  and  the  Church 
steadily  grew,  and  in  1883  the  Presbytery  united  the 
Fairmount  Church  to  this  church,  the  two  churches 
becoming  one  under  the  name  of  the  "Columbia 
Avenue,  Fairmount."  At  that  time  the  entire  prop- 
erty was  made  free  from  debt.  The  congregation  has 
a  lot  100  feet  upon  Columbia  Avenue,  and  140  on 
Twenty-First  Street,  with  a  beautiful  stone  chapel  which 
was  enlarged  in  1876. 

The  Sabbath  School  now  numbers  over  500,  and  the 
church  over  300  members.  With  their  property  free 
from  debt,  the  church  has  a  beginning  of  a  Building 
Fund  of  about  $4000. 

Present  Eldership. 
J.  P.  Ford,  John  C.  McKinney, 

H.  W.  Flickinger,        A.  M.  Thompson. 

THE   CORINTHIAN   AVENUE    GERMAN   PRESBY- 
TERIAN   CHURCH 

was  organized  in  the  Spring  of  1877  out  of  the  rem- 
nants of  the  German  Reformed  St.  Stephen's  Church. 
Organized  with  seventy-seven  members.  In  December, 
1877,  the  church  called  the  Rev.  John  Richelsen  as  its 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     129 

first  pastor,  and  in  1878  purchased  the  present  church 
building  on  Corinthian  Avenue,  below  Poplar  Street, 
which  since  has  been  enlaro-ed  twice.  After  receivinfy 
aid  from  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  for  three  years^ 
the  church  became  self-sustaining. 

The  present  membership  is  three  hundred  and  seven, 
with  a  Sunday  School  of  350. 

The  first  pastor  is  still  in  charge  of  the  church. 

COVENANT    CHURCH. 

The  Second  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church,  Phila- 
delphia, was  organized  on  the  20th  of  July,  1835.  The 
late  Rev.  Samuel  W.  Crawford,  D.D.,  was  its  first  pas- 
tor. He  was  succeeded  by  the  late  Rev.  Samuel  Steven- 
son, who  was  installed  pastor  in  1842.  His  successor 
was  Rev.  William  Sterrett,  who  was  ordained  and  in- 
stalled as  pastor  on  the  7th  of  April,  1848,  and  has  now 
been  pastor  of  the  church,  with  marked  evidence  of  the 
Divine  blessing  on  his  labors,  for  forty  years.  In  1885 
the  church  and  its  pastor  were  received  by  the  Phila- 
delphia Presbytery  Central,  in  connection  with  the 
General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States,  and  is  now  called  the  "  Covenant  Presby- 
terian Church." 

Present  Eldership. 
Thos.  Carrick,  W.  J.  McBride, 

S.  D.  Jordan,  James  Turner. 

Andrew  Fleming, 


130  HISTORY   OF   THE 

GASTON   CHURCH. 

The  Gaston  Church,  so  named  in  loving  memory  of 
the  Eev.  Daniel  Gaston,  who  for  twenty  years  was  pas- 
tor of  the  Cohocksink  Presbyterian  Church,  was  or- 
ganized by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  Central, 
June  26,  1876,  with  forty-three  members,  three  ruling 
elders,  and  three  deacons. 

This  church  is  the  outcome  and  successor  of  the 
Gaston  Memorial  Missionary  Society  of  the  young  men 
of  Cohocksink  Presbyterian  Church.  "With  the  ap- 
proval of  the  Session  of  their  church  they  began  a 
mission  in  the  private  dwelling  at  the  northeast  corner  of 
Eleventh  and  Cumberland  streets  on  Dec.  12, 1876.  A 
frame  chapel  was  erected  at  the  northwest  corner  of  Ger- 
mantown  Avenue  and  Huntingdon  Street  and  occupied 
by  the  church  July  6, 1876.  The  present  and  only  pastor, 
the  Rev.  W.  C.  Rommel,  was  installed  ISTov.  15, 1877. 

The  present  house  of  worship,  at  Lehigh  Avenue  and 
Eleventh  Street,  was  occupied  March  11,  1883. 

The  church  has  greatly  prospered  under  the  ministry 
of  its  earnest  and  efficient  pastor,  and  has  now  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty-one  members,  and  a  Sabbath  School  mem- 
bership of  four  hundred  and  seventy-eight. 

Present  Eldership. 
James  Berry,  Chas.  P.  Rinig, 

Nimrod  A.  Harvey,  Matthew  McBride. 

Wm.  H.  Paul, 


PRESBYTERY   OF   PHILADELPHIA   CENTRAL.  131 

GREEN  HILL  CHURCH. 

As  far  back  as  1826  two  young  men,  one  of  whom  is 
now  the  Eev.  Charles  Brown,  of  Philadelphia,  estab- 
lished a  Sabbath  School  in  the  little  village  of  Fran- 
cisville,  and  conducted  it  for  three  years,  holding 
prayer-meetings  in  private  houses  and  also  in  a  small 
brick  building  on  the  corner  of  J^ineteenth  and  Poplar 
Streets.  In  1833  a  small  frame  building  was  erected 
on  the  corner  of  what  is  now  Perkiomen  and  Vineyard 
Streets,  where  the  school  was  continued  until  the  erec- 
tion of  the  congregation's  present  edifice,  in  1848. 

May  19, 1846,  a  meeting  was  held  in  the  house  of 
E-ev.  Thomas  Brainerd,  pastor  of  the  Pine  Street 
Church,  then  temporarily  residing  on  Green  Hill,  and 
a  committee  was  appointed  to  take  measures  for  the 
organization  of  a  Presbyterian  Church  in  that  section 
of  the  city.  The  church  was  constituted  with  eight 
members,  December  27,  1846,  in  the  frame  chapel,  by 
a  committee  of  the  Fourth  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia. 
The  corner-stone  of  the  present  church  edifice  was  laid 
IS'ovember  15,  1847,  and  the  building  was  dedicated 
December  31,  1848. 

Rev.  W.  W.  Taylor  was  pastor  of  the  church  with 
great  fidelity,  from  April  22,  1849,  to  May  12, 1854. 
Rev.  Thomas  Street's  pastorate,  extending  from  Febru- 
ary 25,  1855,  to  December  31,  1859,  was  one  of  great 


132  HISTORY    OF   THE 

activity  and  marked  success.  The  Rev.  Frank  L.  Rob- 
bins  was  installed  pastor  April  29, 1860,  and  continued 
so,  with  a  very  successful  and  prosperous  ministry 
until  March,  1867.  The  Rev.  George  F.  Wiswell, 
D.D.,  was  pastor  from  April,  1867,  to  October,  1885. 
Daring  his  faithful  pastorate  575  were  added  to  the 
church,  mostly  by  profession.  He  left  the  church  out 
of  debt. 

The  Rev.  Julius  A.  Herold,  the  present  pastor,  be- 
gan his  pastorate  July  4,  1886,  and  under  his  earnest 
and  acceptable  ministry  the  church  is  blessed  with 
gratifying  prosperity.  The  total  membership  of  the 
congregation  is  about  400.  To  the  Sunday  School  has 
been  added  a  Chinese  department  of  over  100  members. 

Present  Eldership. 
Joseph  Bitler,  Charles  Brown. 

F.  F.  Brewer, 
Geo.  W.  Simmons,  long   an  esteemed  and   efficient 
elder,  has  very  recently  been  removed  by  death. 

HEBRON  MEMORIAL  CHURCH. 

The  present  organization  began  as  a  Mission  Sab- 
bath School  under  the  care  of  the  Olivet  Presbyterian 
Church.  The  school  was  organized  at  Twenty-Eighth 
and  Girard  Avenue,  over  a  drug-store,  in  September  of 
1877.     Two  other  Presbyterian  Sabbath  Schools  were 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     133 

merged  eventually  into  the  Hebron.  Preaching  ser- 
vices were  held  prior  to  the  organization  of  the  church 
in  connection  with  the  Sabbath  School.  Rev.  J.  W. 
Kirk  was  the  first  regular  supply  of  the  church.  His 
successor  was  Rev.  Wm.  A.  Patton.  Rev.  Marcus  A. 
Brownson  then  supplied  the  pulpit  for  about  two  years, 
closing  his  labors  at  Hebron  in  the  Spring  of  1883.  In 
October,  1883,  the  present  pastor,  Rev.  Robert  Graham, 
began  his  labors  under  the  care  of  the  session  of  Olivet 
Church.  This  relation  continued  until  February  1, 1884, 
when  the  organization  of  the  congregation  took  place. 

"When  the  present  pastor  began  his  ministry  there 
were  about  forty  persons  in  attendance  on  the  ordi- 
nances, mostly  from  Olivet  Church.  Including  these, 
322  persons  have  altogether  been  received  into  church 
fellowship.  The  Sabbath  School  began  with  12,  ten 
years  ago,  and  now  numbers  nearly  500. 

The  congregation  has  authorized  and  approved  plans 
for  a  church  edifice  to  cost  about  §35,000,  which,  it  is 
hoped,  will  be  erected  soon.  They  have  secured  a  lot 
of  ground  about  90x100  feet,  where  the  chapel  now 
stands.  The  lot  is  worth  about  §7000.  There  is  still 
unpaid  upon  it  $2400.  This  property  has  all  been 
acquired  since  the  organization.  The  congregation  is 
blessed  with  prosperity. 

Present  Eldership. 
Henry  C.  Bridle,  Geo.  K.  Richards, 

John  G.  Park,  John  H.  Ilahn. 

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134  HISTORY   OF   THE 

KENSINGTON   CHURCH. 

This  church  was  organized  in  1844  by  the  Associate 
Reformed  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia.  In  1845  it 
seceded  from  that  body  and  became  independent.  In 
1846  it  joined  the  Associate  Presbytery  of  ^N'ew  York. 
In  1851  it  left  that  body  and  re-united  with  the  Asso- 
ciate Reformed  Presbytery.  The  Rev.  J.  C.  Lyons  was 
pastor,  1845-51. 

In  September,  1851,  the  Rev.  William  0.  Johnstone 
was  elected  pastor.  He  had  been  for  six  years  pastor 
at  Blythe,  and  a  member  of  the  Jfresbytery  of  ^ew- 
Castle-on-Tyne,  England.  The  pastor-elect  and  congre- 
gation were  received  into  the  Old  School  Presbytery  of 
Philadelphia,  and  the  pastor-elect  duly  installed.  Dr. 
Johnstone  remained  pastor  until  his  death,  January 
16,  1883,  making  the  entire  period  of  his  ministry,  in 
connection  with  Kensington  Church,  31  years  and  four 
months.     (See  his  Obituary  Notice.) 

The  present  pastor — Rev.  Robert  Hunter — entered 
upon  his  work  as  pastor-elect  July,  1883,  and  was  in- 
stalled as  pastor  September  13,  1883.  Under  his  effici- 
ent ministry  the  church  continues  to  prosper.  The 
congregation  numbers  400. 

Present  Eldership. 
Wm.  Jeffers,  William  Logan, 

Wm.  J.  Moffit,  Wm.  Crosier, 

James  Peters,  James  P.  Teaz. 


PRESBYTERY   OF   PHILADELPHIA    CENTRAL.  135 

MANTUA,  SECOND. 

In  1859  a  series  of  Deighborhood  prayer-meetings 
were  held  in  this  vicinity  by  members  of  the  JN'orth- 
minster  Church,  and  on  June  1,  1860,  the  Sabbath 
School  was  organized  at  the  corner  of  Forty-fifth  and 
Lancaster  Avenue.  In  1860,  the  location  was  removed 
to  Lancaster,  near  Holley,  where  a  lot  was  purchased, 
and  a  house  built,  costing  something  over  $1000. 

The  first  meeting,  looking  toward  the  organization 
of  a  church,  was  held  Sept.  1860,  when  a  committee 
was  appointed  to  prepare  a  charter  and  by-laws.  At  a 
congregational  meeting  in  Feb.  1864,  the  name  of 
Second  Presbyterian  Church  of  Mantua  was  adopted, 
and  a  Board  of  Trustees  elected.  Previous  to  this  the 
enterprise  had  been  known  as  the  Zion  Mission,  and 
had  occasional  and  voluntary  preaching.  At  this  time 
Eev.  S.  Pratt  was  secured  as  Stated  Supply. 

June  3,  1864,  W.  T.  Ray  and  W.  H.  Harned  were 
elected  Euling  Elders,  and  the  first  communion  cele- 
brated. In  October  of  1865,  on  account  of  failing  health, 
Mr.  Pratt  resigned.  Eev.  E.  B.  Bruen  was  Stated  Supply 
Oct.  1865,  to  Jan.  1867.  In  June,  1867,  Rev.  E.  Bur- 
nett became  pastor,  and  continued  so  one  year.  Rev. 
E.  Prentiss  was  Stated  Supply  1868-9.  Rev.  F.  Hen- 
dricks was  Stated  Supply  from  August,  1869,  until  Feb. 
1872,  when  he  was  elected  pastor,  resigning  in  Dec. 


136  HISTORY   OF  THE 

1873.  May  8,  1874.  Rev.  J.  M.  Thompson  was  in- 
stalled pastor,  and  on  the  7th  of  the  following  October 
ground  was  broken  for  the  present  church  building  on 
the  beautiful  lot  at  the  corner  of  Preston  and  Aspen 
streets,  presented  to  the  church  by  W.  E.  Tenbrook, 
Esq.,  in  June  of  1871.  The  corner-stone  was  laid  ISTov. 
2,  1874,  and  the  chapel  was  finished  and  dedicated 
April  4, 1876. 

Mr.  Thompson  resigned  the  charge  Dec.  1,  1882. 
Eev.  S.  A.  Harlow  was  pastor  1883-85.  The  present 
pastor,  Eev.  W.  H.  McCaughey,  under  whose  earnest 
and  acceptable  labors  the  church  continues  to  prosper, 
was  installed  Jan.  8, 1886. 

Present  Eldership. 
J.  H.  Bechtel,  George  E.  Scott, 

Wm.  D.  Casterline,        E.  M.  Dering. 
V.  R.  Ilarkness, 

MEMORIAL    CHURCH. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Session  of  the  Alexander  Pres- 
byterian Church,  on  the  Sabbath,  February  13, 1876  (of 
which  the  pastor.  Rev.  S.  A.  Mutchmore,  D.D.,  was 
Moderator,  and  the  following  Elders  were  present,  viz  : 
H.  iN".  Thissell,  Jos.  P.  Cooper,  Josiah  Keely,  John 
McGill,  Wm.  W.  Wallace,  Thos.  H.  Dickson,  Pveuel 
Stewart,  M.D.,  and  Wm.  J.  McElroy),  the  following 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     137 

resolution  was  adopted,  viz :  "  In  view  of  the  temporal 
and  spiritual  condition  of  our  Church,  and  of  the  neces- 
sity of  having  some  outside  Christian  work  for  the 
larg'fe  number  of  young  men  in  our  communion,  and  in 
gratitude  to  God  for  his  mercies  to  us :  Therefore,  Be- 
solved^  that  it  is  the  sense  of  this  Session  that  some 
missionary  enterprise  be  started  in  connection  with  our 
church,  and  that  we  believe  the  northern  portion  of  our 
city  to  be  the  proper  place  therefor,  and  that  we  will 
start  in  this  work  at  the  earliest  moment  practicable." 

In  accordance  with  this  resolution  a  mission  chapel 
was  erected  at  Eighteenth  and  Montgomery  Avenue, 
and  opened  for  public  service  on  Sabbath,  May  28, 
1876.  A  Sunday  School  was  started  at  2 J  o'clock,  and 
was  continued  with  preaching  at  4  o'clock,  every  Sab- 
bath, by  Dr.  Mutchmore. 

The  work  prospered,  and  a  church  building  was  com- 
menced and  completed,  and  organized  on  Oct.  31, 1880, 
with  192  members,  from  whom  two  elders,  Wm.  W. 
Wallace  and  Wm.  S.  Einggold,  and  ten  deacons  were 
elected. 

On  ISTov.  12, 1882,  the  building  was  dedicated,  free  of 
debt,  to  the  service  of  God,  and  named  the  Memorial 
Presbyterian  Church  ;  and  on  ^ov.  19, 1882,  Rev.  S.  A. 
Mutchmore,  D.D.,  was  installed  as  the  pastor  by  im- 
pressive ceremonies.  It  has  never  had  any  other  pastor. 
The  estimated  value  of  the  building  is  §70,000,  most  of 


138  HISTORY    OF   THE 

which  was  raised  through  the  continuous  efforts  of  Dr. 
Mutchmore,  in  fulfilment  of  a  promise  made  some 
years  before  to  a  little  girl  who,  on  her  death-bed, 
handed  him  her  little  legacy  of.  $4.41  wherewith  to 
build  a  church  for  the  poor.  The  present  membership 
on  the  communion  roll  is  614.  The  church  is  prosper- 
ous in  all  its  departments,  under  the  able  and  faithful 
ministry  of  Dr.  Mutchmore.  His  Presbytery  honored 
him  with  resolutions  of  congratulation  on  the  success 
which  had  attended  his  new  and  important  enterprise. 

Present  Eldership. 
Wra.  W,  Wallace,         Andrew  Graydon,  M.  D., 
Wm.  S.  Ringgold,         Franklin  Baker. 

NORTH    CHURCH. 

This  church  was  organized  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Philadelphia  on  the  21st  day  of  ISTovember,  1831,  on 
the  application  of  a  number  of  persons  then  connected 
with  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  the  Northern 
Liberties  under  the  pastorate  of  the  late  Pev.  James 
Patterson.  The  early  services  of  the  church  were  held 
in  a  school-house  in  Poplar  near  Second  Street,  and 
were  conducted  by  different  supplies. 

The  present  church  edifice  was  purchased  from  Pev. 
James  Smith  in  an  unfinished  state  and  was  completed 
in  1833. 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     139 

The  Rev.  Hugh  M.  Kooutz,  its  first  pastor,  was  in- 
stalled July,  1832,  and  the  connection  dissolved  by 
Presbytery  in  July,  1834. 

The  second  pastor,  Rev.  James  L.  Dinwiddle,  of  the 
Associate  Reformed  Church,  was  installed  in  1835,  and 
the  connection  dissolved  July,  1840. 

The  third  pastor.  Rev.  Thomas  L.  Janeway,  D.D., 
was  installed  Dec.  8,  1840,  and  pastoral  relation  dis- 
solved March  6, 1854. 

The  fourth  pastor.  Rev.  Levi  H.  Christian,  D.D.,  was 
installed  l^ovember  22,  1855,  and  relation  dissolved 
January  4,  1864. 

The  fifth  pastor,  Rev.  Robert  Taylor,  of  German  town, 
Phila.,  was  unanimously  elected  and  the  call  placed  in 
his  hands  by  Presbytery  April  5,  1864,  but  sickness 
and  death  prevented  the  consummation  of  the  pastoral 
relation. 

The  sixth  pastor,  Rev.  Robert  Henry,  D.D.,  was  in- 
stalled September,  1864,  and  his  pastorate  dissolved  by 
his  death  at  Alexandria,  Egypt,  October  18, 1869. 

The  seventh  pastor.  Rev.  Benjamin  L.  Agnew,  D.D., 
was  installed  May  22,  1870,  and  relation  dissolved  De- 
cember 1, 1882. 

The  eighth,  and  the  church's  present  able  pastor, 
Rev.  Asbury  C.  Clarke,  was  installed  May  15,  1884, 
although  his  ministrations  to  the  church  commenced 
six  months  previously. 


140  HISTORY    OF    THE 

The  present  eldership  of  the  church  consists  of  Wil- 
liam A.  Piper,  M.D.,  ordained  and  installed  February 
24,  1856  ;  Speakman  Meeser  and  John  L.  Davis,  or- 
dained and  installed  October,  1865. 

Of  its  former  pastors  two  are  still  living  and  active 
members  of  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  Central  at  this 
date. 

NORTH  BROAD    STREET  CHURCH. 

The  founder  and  life-long  patron  of  ^orth  Broad 
Street  Presbyterian  Church  was  Matthias  W.  Baldwin. 
Feeling  the  importance  of  having  a  Presbyterian  Church 
located  somewhere  in  the  vicinity  of  the  present  church 
site,  he  secured  and  fitted  up  Broadway  Hall,  corner  of 
Broad  and  Spring  Garden  streets,  for  religious  service. 
The  first  Sabbath  service  was  held  in  that  Hall  on  the 
tenth  day  of  April,  1859,  conducted  in  the  morning 
by  Eev.  John  McLeod,  and  in  the  evening  by  Rev.  Dr. 
Jenkins.  On  the  following  Sabbath,  April  17,  1859,  a 
Sabbath  School  was  organized,  with  Mr.  Benjamin 
Kendall  superintendent. 

Rev.  Dr.  E.  E.  Adams,  having  returned  from  a  pro- 
tracted residence  in  Europe,  and  being  without  pastoral 
charge,  was  induced  to  undertake  this  new  church  en- 
terprise, Mr.  Baldwin  pledging  his  support  for  two 
years.  He  entered  upon  his  work  at  once,  and  the 
Divine  blessing  crowned  his  labors  with  abundant  sue- 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     141 

cess.  The  Hall  was  filled  with  delighted  worshipers, 
and  the  Sabbath  School  multiplied  with  children  and 
youth.  Cheered  by  such  manifest  tokens  of  the  Divine 
approval,  a  petition,  signed  by  forty-two  names,  was, 
on  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  December,  1859,  prepared 
and  forwarded  to  the  Third  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia, 
praying  for  the  organization  of  a  church.  The  petition 
was  granted  and  the  organization  effected  on  the  ninth 
day  of  March,  1860,  in  Broadway  Hall.  Thirty-six 
persons  were  at  this  time  received  by  letter  and  enrolled 
as  members  of  this  church.  At  the  same  time  and  place 
Messrs.  Alexander  Whilldin  and  Thomas  Potter  were 
elected  ruling  elders.  On  the  second  day  of  March, 
1860,  the  following  persons  were  elected  a  board  of 
trustees  for  the  church  : — 

Messrs.  Henry  Davis,  Edward  Patteson,  Samuel  Tol- 
man,  Benjamin  C.  JSTagle,  James  C.  Scott,  William  H. 
Anderson,  George  Snowden,  H.  H.  Eldredge,  and 
Thomas  S.  Weigand.  Subsequently  an  act  of  incor- 
poration was  obtained  and  recorded  on  the  seventeenth 
day  of  September,  1860.  At  a  meeting  of  the  church, 
held  on  the  twenty -third  of  March,  1860,  Eev.  Dr. 
Adams  was  unanimously  elected,  and  called  to  the 
pastorate  of  the  newly  organized  church.  The  call 
was  accepted,  and  on  the  evening  of  Sabbath,  May  6, 
1860,  he  was  installed  pastor.  Shortly  after  this,  find- 
ing their  place  of  worship  inadequate  to  the  increasing 


142  HISTORY   OF   THE 

audience,  the  religious  services  were  changed  to  Com- 
missioners' Hall,  on  the  corner  of  Thirteenth  and  Spring 
Garden  streets.  A  building  committee  was  appointed 
to  superintend  the  erection  of  a  church  edifice,  of  which 
Mr.  Henry  Davis  was  chairman. 

Having  decided  to  erect  the  church  on  the  corner 
of  Broad  and  Green,  the  deed  was  secured  on  the  thir- 
teenth of  August,  1860,  by  the  payment  of  §2333.33  ; 
the  balance  of  the  purchase  price,  $15,000,  to  remain 
on  mortgage.  On  the  fourteenth  day  of  April,  1862, 
the  corner-stone  was  laid,  and  on  the  second  day  of 
October,  1864,  the  building  having  been  completed, 
was  dedicated  to  the  worship  of  God.  The  cost  of  the 
entire  church  edifice,  including  lot,  and  spire  subse- 
quently erected,  was  $81,847.06.  After  seven  years  of 
incessant  labor.  Dr.  Adams  was  constrained  by  failing 
health  to  tender  his  resignation,  and  on  the  sixteenth 
of  April,  1867,  the  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved. 
Rev.  Peter  Stryker,  D.D.,  having  been  subsequently 
called  to  the  pastorate  of  this  church,  accepted,  and 
was  installed  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  May,  1868. 
This  relation  continued  until  the  third  day  of  October, 
1870,  when,  on  invitation  to  another  field  of  labor,  the 
pastoral  relation  was  again  dissolved. 

On  April  23,  1871,  the  Rev.  Robert  D.  Harper, 
D.D.,  was  installed  pastor  of  the  church,  and  continues 
so  to  be,  greatly  beloved,  and  eminently  prosperous  in 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     143 

his  labors.  The  number  of  members  received  into  the 
church  during  his  ministry  here  is  1383. 

The  mortgage  of  $15,000,  placed  upon  the  church 
property  at  its  erection,  was  cancelled  March  1, 1879. 

At  the  unanimous  request  of  the  Board  of  Managers 
of  the  ^N'orthern  Home,  a  Sabbath  School  was  organized 
in  that  Institution  January  1,  1875,  which  has  ever 
since  been  under  the  care  of  this  church,  and  is  now  in 
successful  operation. 

About  two  years  since  the  church  edifice  was  re- 
modelled and  repaired  throughout  at  a  cost  of  some 
§23,000,  making  it  both  safe  and  attractive  in  all  its 
appointments.     The  church  is  now  out  of  debt. 

Some  three  years  since  a  Mission  Enterprise  was  un- 
dertaken, and  a  chapel  erected  at  Twenty-seventh  and 
Hagert  streets,  which  is  now  in  successful  operation. 
Eev.  George  Van  Deurs  is  in  charge  of  the  work.  The 
remaining  indebtedness  of  the  chapel,  for  the  lot  on 
wdiich  it  is  erected,  is  $1100. 

In  1887  Rev.  W.  E.  Loucks  was  elected  assistant 
pastor  of  the  church. 

Present  Eldership. 
Alexander  Whilldin,        John  H.  Watt, 
Charles  Godfrey,  William  A.  Solomon, 

William  E.'  Camp,  Henry  G.  Goodrich, 

George  C.  IS'apheys,  Francis  W.  Kennedy. 

Thomas  Wood, 


144  HISTORY   OF   THE 

NORTH  TENTH  STREET  CHURCH. 

This  church  was  founded  in  1850.  Its  pastors  have 
been : — 

Rev.  Ebenezer  Erskine,  1849-51. 
Rev.  Francis  Dudley  Ladd,  1851-62. 
Rev.  G.  W.  Musgrave,  D.D.,  1863-68. 
Rev.  Matthew  ]!^ewkirk,  1869-73. 
Rev.  Wm.  B.  Cullis,  1873-74. 
Rev.  Silas  W.  Gossler,  1876-80. 
Rev.  Henry  D.  :N'orthrop,  1881-86. 

Rev.  David  "Wills,  D.D.,  the  present  pastor,  was  in- 
stalled March  3,  1887,  and  the  church  is  prosperous 
under  his  faithful  and  acceptable  labors.  Obituaries  of 
several  of  the  pastors  of  this  church  will  be  found  else- 
where in  this  volume. 

Present  Eldership. 

C.  McFelton,  Robert  W.  Patrick. 

Jacob  J.  Hatches, 

NORTHMINSTER  CHURCH. 

This  church  is  an  outgrowth  from  a  Union  Sabbath 
School,  started  at  the  northwest  corner  of  Thirty-third 
and  Spring  Garden  streets,  about  the  year  1837. 

A  lot  having  been  purchased  at  the  corner  of  Thirty- 
fifth  and  Spring  Garden  streets,  the  corner-stone  of  a 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     145 

church  building  was  laid  September  8,  1846,  and  on 
the  29th  of  that  month  an  organization  was  effected 
under  the  name  of  the  "First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Mantua." 

Looking  to  future  development,  in  January,  1871, 
another  lot  of  ground,  southwest  corner  of  Thirty-fifth 
and  Baring  streets,  was  secured,  and  on  the  16th  day 
of  September,  1873,  was  laid  the  corner-stone  of  the 
present  edifice.  The  village  of  Mantua  having  been 
absorbed  by  the  city  and  disappeared  from  the  map, 
the  congregation,  at  its  last  meeting  in  the  old  building, 
September  29, 1875,  changed  the  name  of  the  "  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Mantua"  to  that  of  the  "  E'orth- 
minster  Presbyterian  Church  of  Philadelphia." 

On  Sabbath  morning,  the  14th  of  ^N'ovember,  1875, 
the  new  building  was  dedicated,  the  then  pastor,  Rev. 
H.  Augustus  Smith,  D.D.,  preaching  the  sermon  from 
Psalm  xcvi.  6  :  "  Strength  and  beauty  are  in  his  sanc- 
tuary." 

Dr.  Smith,  pastor  of  the  church  for  eighteen  years, 
was  compelled,  by  failing  health,  to  resign  his  charge 
in  the  Spring  of  1882.  Rev.  Robert  H.  Fulton,  of 
Baltimore,  was  unanimously  called  to  the  pastorate  in 
May,  1883,  and  entered  upon  his  duties  the  following 
June. 

In  March,  1887,  it  was  resolved  to  finish  the  church 
tower,  reset  the  roof,  renew  the  frescoing,  point  and 


146  HISTORY   OF   THE 

clean  the  stone  work,  pay  the  balance  of  ground-rent, 
and  place  the  whole  property  in  first-class  condition 
before  the  meeting  of  the  Centennial  General  Assembly, 
to  be  held  in  this  city  in  May,  1888.  The  greater  part 
of  the  building  and  repair  fund  having  been  promptly 
subscribed,  the  contemplated  improvements  were  made 
during  last  summer  and  autumn.  The  ladies,  with 
good  taste  and  commendable  enterprise,  purchased  new 
carpets  for  the  Lecture  Eoom,  Sabbath-school  Rooms, 
and  Auditorium,  and  presented  the  receipted  bill  for 
the  same  as  a  Christmas  gift  to  the  congregation.  An 
additional  sum  of  over  ten  thousand  dollars,  necessary 
to  relieve  the  property  of  all  encumbrance,  has  been 
recently  pledged,  most  of  it  coming  as  free-will  offerings 
on  the  morning  of  the  last  Sabbath  of  January.  This 
church,  admirably  located,  well  organized,  and  with  a 
large,  harmonious,  and  increasing  congregation,  now 
enters  with  renewed  enthusiasm  upon  the  work  of  the 
future. 

Pastors. 

Rev.  W.  S.  Drysdale,  1846  to  1848. 

Rev.  Chas.  S.  Renshaw,  May,  1849,  to  April,  1853. 

Rev.  Thomas  S.  Johnston,  1853  to  1864. 

Rev.  H.  Augustus  Smith,  D.D.,  July,  1864,  to  1882. 

Rev.  Robert  II.  Fulton,  D.D.,  June,  1883. 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     147 

Present  Eldership. 
John  Shedwick,  Frederick  W.  Hotchkiss, 

George  "W.  Barr,  Edward  P.  Alexander, 

William  W.  Allen,       William  W.  Fiske. 
George  W.  Memann, 

OLIVET  CHURCH. 

Early  in  the  spring  of  1855  a  committee  was  ap- 
pointed by  the  Missionary  Association  of  Calvary 
Presbyterian  Church,  Locust  Street  above  Fifteenth,  to 
establish  Sunday-schools  and  prayer-meetings  in  those 
portions  of  the  city  deemed  most  destitute.  The  com- 
mittee, consisting  of  Messrs.  J.  C.  Chance,  T.  L.  IS'oyes, 
and  L.  Pratt,  commenced  their  work  by  renting  a  small 
building  on  Coates  Street,  now  Fairmount  Avenue,  east 
of  Twenty-fourth,  and  opened  a  Mission  Sabbath  School. 
The  school  was  organized  April  29,  1855,  with  six 
teachers  and  sixty-three  scholars.  Mr.  J.  C.  Chance 
was  chosen  superintendent,  a  position  which  he  has 
held  without  interruption  to  the  present  time. 

The  building  proving  inadequate  for  the  accommoda- 
tion of  the  increasing  numbers,  through  the  liberality 
of  two  beloved  brethren  of  Cavalry  Church — Messrs. 
Matthias  W.  Baldwin  and  John  A.  Brown,  a  lot  was 
purchased  on  Twenty-second  and  Mt.  Yernon  streets 
(old  Washington  Street),  and  a  chapel  was  erected  on 
the  north  side  of  the  lot,  the  brethren  named  bearing 


148  HISTORY   OF   THE 

all  the  expense  of  the  same.  The  corner-stone  was  laid 
July  25, 1855.  The  Sunday-school  was  removed  to  the 
new  building  February  3, 1856,  and  reached  an  average 
attendance  of  three  hundred.  Religious  services  were 
then  commenced  in  the  lecture-room,  and  a  church  was 
organized  April  16, 1856,  by  a  deputation  of  the  Third 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia.  The  title  chosen  for  the 
new  organization  was  The  Olivet  Presbyterian  Church. 
Messrs.  J.  C.  Chance  and  Henry  R.  Raiguel  were 
chosen  elders,  and  ordained  to  that  office  on  the  same 
evening. 

April  23, 1856,  Rev.  E.  D.  IN'ewberry,  a  graduate  of 
Union  Theological  Seminary,  who  had  labored  as  a  mis- 
sionary in  the  new  enterprise  from  the  beginning,  was 
called  to  the  pastorate  of  the  church.  He  was  ordained 
and  installed  as  pastor  May  2, 1856,  and  continued  in 
this  relation  until  October  1,  1861,  blessed  in  his  labors 
— many  souls  being  given  him  as  seals  of  his  ministry. 
The  Rev.  W.  W.  Taylor  was  called  to  the  pastorate 
October  16, 1861,  and  was  installed  I^ovember  3,  1861. 
Soon  after  this,  through  the  gift  of  $20,000  by  M.  W. 
Baldwin,  and  very  liberal  contributions  from  John  A. 
Brown,  Alexander  Whilldin,  Henry  T.  Williams,  and 
others,  the  new  building  was  completed,  and  dedicated 
October  20, 1865,  free  from  debt.  Mr.  Taylor's  faith- 
ful labors  as  pastor  terminated  by  his  resignation  April 
1, 1871. 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     149 

The  Rev.  L.  Y.  Graham  was  unanimously  called  to 
the  pastorate  August  28, 1871,  and  was  installed  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  Central  October  29, 1871. 
The  membership  was  about  one  hundred  and  forty  when 
he  entered  upon  his  labors.  His  efficient  and  success- 
ful pastoral  relation  still  continues.  During  his  service 
of  the  church  about  $35,000  have  been  spent  on  the 
buildings  in  remodelling,  etc.  There  has  been  an 
average  addition  of  one  hundred  persons  to  the  church 
each  year  during  the  seventeen  years  of  his  pastorate. 
The  church  now  numbers  nine  hundred  and  fifty-three 
members,  and  the  Sabbath  School  seven  hundred  and 
thirty-one. 

Present  Eldership. 

J.  C.  Chance,  James  Cook, 

J.  C.  Thompson,  John  Andrews, 

John  M.  Rowe,  E.  T.  Cummings. 
A.  Van  Haagen,  ^ 

OXFORD  CHURCH. 

In  January,  1865,  a  Sunday  School  was  organized  on 
the  second  floor  of  a  large  store  on  the  southeast  corner 
of  Eleventh  Street  and  Columbia  Avenue.  So  mani- 
festly important  was  this  movement  that  on  the  first 
Sunday  the  school  was  organized  about  seventy  children 
were  in  attendance.     A  marked  interest  was  created  in 

(in 


150  HISTORY   OF   THE 

the  neighborhood,  and  the  school  continued  to  prosper 
to  such  an  extent  that  it  became  necessary  to  procure  a 
room  of  larger  dimensions.  As  this  was  found  im- 
practicable in  the  immediate  neighborhood,  it  was  de- 
cided to  accept  the  invitation  of  Professor  Wagner  to 
use  the  large  hall  of  his  Institution,  corner  of  Seven- 
teenth Street  and  Columbia  Avenue.  Here  the  school  con- 
tinued to  flourish,  and  during  the  Summer  in  the  after- 
noon the  Institution  was  opened  for  preaching  services. 
Crowds  attended  these  services,  and  besides  the  leading 
pastors  of  the  Presbyterian  church  officiating  ministers 
of  other  denominations  were  engaged  to  preach — Bishop 
Simpson  of  the  Methodist  Church,  and  Pev.  Dr.  Hen- 
son,  of  the  Baptist  Church,  and  others.  All  these  ser- 
vices were  well  sustained.  During  the  year  1866  meas- 
ures were  taken  to  procure  a  lot  at  some  eligible  point 
on  Broad  Street,  with  a  view  to  erect  .a  chapel.  In  this 
movement  M.  W.  Baldwin  and  Henry  J.  Williams,  of 
the  Calvary  Church,  and  the  esteemed  elder  of  the 
Korth  Broad  Street  Church,  Alexander  Whilldin,Esq., 
were  prominent.  After  a  careful  survey  of  the  field  by 
these  gentlemen  it  was  concluded  to  purchase  the  large 
lot,  of  sufficient  dimensions  for  a  church  also,  located  at 
the  northeast  corner  of  Broad  and  Oxford  streets. 

A  contract  was  at  once  entered  into  for  the  erection 
of  the  chapel  on  Oxford  Street.  Upon  the  completion 
of  this  building  the  Sunday  School  was  at  once  trans- 


PRESBYTEKY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     151 

fei*recl  from  the  Wagner  Institute.  Here  the  Sunday 
School  soon  attained  a  vigorous  growth,  with  three 
hundred  and  twenty-five  scholars  in  attendance,  and 
sustained  by  a  large  and  efficient  corps  of  teachers. 
Preaching  services  were  also  inaugurated,  and  a  lively 
interest  awakened  in  the  movement  throughout  the 
neighborhood.  The  preaching  services  were  continued 
for  some  months  when  the  E,ev,  Francis  Robbins,  D.D., 
was  invited  to  take  charge  of  the  enterprise,  and  before 
the  organization  had  been  entered  into,  and  through 
his  personal  influence,  the  present  beautiful  Oxford 
Street  Church,  with  its  lofty  spire,  was  erected. 

In  May,  1883,  after  a  pastorate  of  marked  success — 
the  congregation  having  developed  into  great  strength 
and  usefulness — Dr.  Robbins,  on  account  of  impaired 
health,  resigned  the  charge  of  Oxford  Church.  After 
a  short  vacancy  of  the  pulpit,  the  Rev.  Lawrence  M. 
Colfelt  was  called  to  the  pastorate,  and  continues  to  fill 
it  with  abundant  evidence  of  the  Divine  blessino;  on  his 
able  and  acceptable  ministry. 

Present  Eldership. 

G.  l^elson  Loomis,  T.  B.  Coburn  Burpee, 

Horatio  Gr.  Kern,  George  S.  Graham, 

Samuel  Lodor,  Israel  P.  Black. 


152  HISTORY    OF   THE 

PRINCETON  CHURCH. 

Prior  to  the  year  1853,  a  lot  of  ground  had  been 
set  apart  by  the  owners  of  a  tract  then  known  as 
"  Westminster,"  as  a  -plot  which  any  evangelical  de- 
nomination of  Christians  which  accepted  the  offer,  and 
which,  perseveringly,  would  maintain  Divine  worship 
in  a  building  erected  thereupon,  might  occupy  without 
purchase.  This  lot  was  situated  on  Lexington  Street, 
and  on  it  a  band  of  Christian  workers  succeeded  in 
erecting  a  small  frame  building,  and  Divine  worship 
w^as  instituted,  and,  for  a  time,  sustained  in  it  after 
the  form  and  order  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 
These  friends  abandoned  the  undertaking,  and  the  Rev. 
E.  D.  Saunders,  D.D.,  Principal  of  the  Classical  School 
in  "West  Philadelphia,  consented  to  preach  the  Gospel 
there,  commencing  his  labors  April  16, 1853,  and  con- 
tinuing them  for  two  years,  with  marked  devotion  and 
self-denial. 

Oct.  4,  1855,  "  application  was  made  to  Presbytery 
by  a  number  of  persons  living  on  the  west  of  the 
Schuylkill,  to  organize  a  church,  to  worship,  at  present, 
about  three  miles  from  the  place  w^here  the  Belmont 
Church  worships."  This  was  the  first  step  taken  to 
organize  the  church  which  was  the  germ  or  nucleus  of 
the  Princeton  Church.  The  committee  appointed  by 
Presbytery  for  this  purpose  reported   November  12, 


PRESBYTERY   OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.  153 

1855,  that  they  had  organized  the  church  in  "Westmin- 
ster, West  Philadelphia  {i.  e.,  the  church  on  Lexington 
Street),  October  22, 1855.  July  7,  1856,  the  Rev.  C. 
H.  Ewing,  who  had  preached  to  the  people  for  some 
time,  reported  that  the  church  had  taken  the  name  of 
the  "  Lexington  Street  Church."  The  elders  elect  of 
this  church  having  declined  the  acceptance  of  the  office, 
Presbytery  appointed  a  committee  to  perfect  its  or- 
ganization. July  6,  1858,  this  committee  reported 
that  on  June  20  Messrs.  Henry  C.  Blair  and  Samuel  S. 
Shriver  were  ordained  ruling  elders  of  said  church. 

Before  this,  however,  i.  e.,  in  March,  1857,  the  frame 
building,  which  was  located  upon  Lexington  Street, 
was  removed  to  a  lot  on  the  west  side  of  Thirty-^N'inth 
Street,  between  Powelton  Avenue  and  Baring  Street. 
Here  the  congregation  worshiped  for  fourteen  months, 
and  in  June,  1858,  as  the  chapel  could  no  longer  con- 
tain the  increasing  congregation,  public  service  was 
adjourned  to  the  West  Philadelphia  Institute,  the 
building  now  occupied  as  the  Presbyterian  Hospital. 
"  On  this  occasion,"  says  Mr.  Reeves  in  his  early  history 
of  the  congregation,  "  the  Church  was  regularly  organ- 
ized by  a  committee  of  the  Presbytery."  In  September 
of  the  same  year  the  name  of  the  congregation  was 
changed  to  the  "Princeton  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Philadelphia." 

In  Sept.  1858,  definite  action  was  taken  by  the  Board 


154  HISTORY    OF    THE 

of  Trustees  in  regard  to  the  buikling  of  a  church  on 
what  was  then  called  Powelton  Avenue  and  Thirty- 
Ninth  Street,  now  Powelton  and  Saunders  Avenues. 
The  lot  chosen  for  the  purpose  had  previously  been  do- 
nated by  Mrs.  Sarah  Miller,  widow  of  the  Rev.  Samuel 
Miller,  D.D.,  of  Princeton,  IN".  J.  The  corner-stone  was 
laid  by  the  venerable  Dr.  :Nreill,  Oct.  13,  1858.  Before 
the  church  building  was  entirely  completed,  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Ewing  resigned  his  position  as  Stated  Supply.  Mr. 
J.  Addison  Henry,  then  a  student  at  Princeton  Semi- 
nary, was  called  to  the  pastorate  April  16,  1860 ;  ac- 
cepted the  call  and  was  ordained  and  installed  in  the 
completed  church  edifice,  June  5,  1860.  Here  Dr. 
Henry  has  ever  since  continued  in  earnest  labor,  hav- 
ing an  abundant  blessing  on  his  faithful  and  acceptable 
ministry. 

Present  Eldership. 
James  Bateman,  John  A.  Linn, 

Andrew  Blair,  Thomas  J.  Tash, 

Joseph  M.  Collingwood,        John  H.  Weistling, 
J.  M.  Gemmell,  M.  D.,  John  E.  Stevenson. 

RICHMOND  CHURCH. 

In  1845,  through  the  efibrts  of  Messrs.  Joseph  Ash- 
ton,  T.  B.  Smith,  and  L.  P.  Burton,  this  church  was 
organized.  Two  of  these  gentlemen,  at  least,  were 
members  of  the  IN'orth  Church,  Sixth  above  Green.    A 


PRESBYTERY  OP  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     155 

frame  house  of  worship  was  erected  and  dedicated  in 
1846. 

'Rev.  Charles  M.  Oakley  was  the  first  pastor,  remain- 
ing only  until  May,  1847.  The  pulpit  was  si^j)plied  by 
various  ministers  until  Feb.  1848,  when  Rev.  Samuel 
D.  Alexander  became  pastor.  He  continued  in  this  re- 
lation until  Jan.  1850.  He  was  succeeded  by  Rev. 
William  Dodd,  who  remained  in  charge  until  May, 
1851.  In  Feb.  1852,  Rev.  James  G.  Shinn  became 
pastor,  and  filled  the  pulpit  acceptably  and  successfully 
until  1861.  Mr.  Shinn  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  David 
Kennedy,  who  resigned  in  1863,  to  be  followed  by  Rev. 
A.  M.  Jelly,  who  labored  with  success  until  1870,  when 
he  resigned.  The  Rev.  Henry  James  Owen  assumed 
the  pastorate  in  1870,  and  was  greatly  blessed  in  his 
labors,  until  his  death  in  the  Spring  of  1877.  (See  his 
obituary  notice  in  the  Minutes  of  the  Presbytery.) 
Through  hard  work  on  his  part,  and  that  of  the  peo- 
ple, a  new  church  edifice  was  completed,  with  a  debt, 
which  was  finally  extinguished  in  1886.  Rev.  McDufi* 
Simpson  was  pastor  1877-80. 

The  present,  and  ninth  pastor  of  the  church.  Rev. 
Geo.  H.  Stuart  Campbell,  commenced  his  labors  in  l^ov. 
1880,  and  the  church  prospers  under  his  faithful  minis- 
try, during  which  the  last  of  the  church  debt  was  paid. 

Present  Eldership. 
John  Nicholson,  James  Craig, 

George  Smyth,  Joseph  McFarland. 


156  HISTORY    OF    THE 

SPRING  GARDEN  CHURCH. 

Organized  January  18,  1846,  with  eighty-seven  com- 
municantB.  Rev.  John  McDowell,  D.D.,  the  first  pas- 
tor, was  installed  February  3,  1846.  The  first  services 
^vere  held  in  Whitefield  Chapel,  Fourth,  below  Arch 
Street,  December  14,  1845.  Most  of  the  members 
came  from  the  Central  Church,  and  Dr.  McDowell  had 
been  pastor  of  that  congregation  for  twelve  years. 

The  present  building  was  dedicated  May  16, 1847. 
On  March  16, 1851,  owing  to  wet  snow  upon  it,  the  roof 
fell  in.  Until  the  building  was  repaired  the  congre- 
gation worshiped  in  Spring  Garden  Commissioners' 
Hall.  The  church  was  re-opened  and  re-dedicated  Oc- 
tober 5, 1851.  The  whole  indebtedness  was  cancelled 
in  1858. 

Rev.  Morris  C.  Sutphen  was  ordained  and  installed 
as  collegiate  pastor  along  with  Dr.  McDowell,  May  1, 
1860.  Dr.  McDowell  died  February  13,  1863.  He 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  Princeton  Theological  Semi- 
nary, and  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  1820.  (See  his  obituary  notice.) 
Mr.  Sutphen  was  now  sole  pastor  and  continued  such 
until  April  6,  1866,  when  the  relation  was  dissolved 
and  he  became  associate  pastor  with  Dr.  McElroy  of 
the  Scotch  Presbyterian  Church,  IRew  York  City.  He 
died  June  18,  1875,  at  the  early  age  of  thirty-seven. 
Rev.  David  A.  Cunningham,  D.D.,  was  installed  pas- 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     157 

tor  June  13, 1866.  In  1868  the  "  McDowell  Memorial 
Sabbath  School"  was  organized  from  this  church,  which 
has  now  become  the  Columbia  Avenue  Presbyterian 
Church.  Dr.  Cunningham  continued  pastor  until 
April  13,  1876,  when  he  was  released  to  take  charge  of 
First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Wheeling,  West  Virginia. 
Pev.  Joshua  L.  Russell  was  called  October  11, 1876, 
as  pastor.  He  was  released  !N'ovember  1,  1882.  Pev. 
Mangasar  M.  Mangasarian,  an  Armenian,  was  the  next 
pastor,  being  called  November  29,  1882,  and  leaving 
October  4,  1885.  Pev.  David  Wills,  Jr.,  was  called 
January  27, 1886,  continuing  until  February  16,  1887. 
The  present  pastor  is  the  Pev.  Archie  A.  Murphy,  son 
of  Pev.  Thomas  Murphy,  D.D.,  of  this  city,  who  was 
installed  January  24,  1888,  and  enters  upon  his  labors 
with  encouraging  promise  of  success. 

Present  Eldership. 

Edwin  Booth,  Samuel  B.  Garrigues, 

Thomas  M.  Freeland,  William  K.  Joraleman. 

SUSQUEHANNA  AVENUE  CHURCH. 

The  Susquehanna  Avenue  Presbyterian  Church,  of 
which  the  Pev.  P.  T.  Jones  is  pastor,  originated  in  the 
Spring  of  1882  on  the  second  floor  of  a  factory,  corner 
of  Susquehanna  Avenue  and  Marshall  Street.  It  was 
chartered  the  same  year. 


158  HISTORY    OF   THE 

The  [)i'escnt  pastor,  on  graduating  at  Princeton,  be- 
gan his  labors  on  the  first  Sabbath  of  May,  1882,  and 
was  ordained  and  installed  the  following  June.  At 
that  time  there  were  thirty-three  active  members. 
In  September,  1882,  ground  for  the  present  building 
was  broken,  and  the  church  was  entered  and  dedicated 
in  January,  1883.  The  church  at  present  has  330 
members,  and  410  scholars  in  the  Sabbath  School. 

The  congregation  expects  to  spend  $30,000  this  year 
on  enlarging  and  completing  the  church. 

In  a  most  significant  manner  the  Lord  has  blessed 
this  part  of  the  vineyard. 

Present  Eldership. 

Wm.  Davidson,  John  Craig. 

^  Wm.  Hampson, 

TEMPLE  CHURCH. 

This  church  was  organized  June  24,  1835,  in  Com- 
missioners' Hall,  Third  Street,  below  Green,  under  the 
title  of  "  The  Central  Presbyterian  Church  of  Northern 
Liberties."  On  the  14th  of  November  of  that  year 
the  congregation  removed  to  and  formally  dedicated 
the  lower  room  of  the  church  building  on  Coates  Street, 
below  Fourth.  The  corner-stone  of  the  present  large 
and  handsome  church  edifice,  northeast  corner  of 
Franklin  and  Thompson,  was  laid  July  8, 1869.     The 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     159 

lecture-room  was  opened  May  8,  1870,  with  appropriate 
exercises.  The  main  audience-room  was  finished  and 
the  church  dedicated  on  Sabbath,  February  4, 1872.  On 
December  2d  of  that  year  the  name  of  the  corporation 
was  changed  to  that  of  "  Temple  Presbyterian  Church." 

The  Rev.  "William  H.  Burroughs,  installed  first  pastor 
of  the  church  August  24,  1835,  was  compelled  to  resign 
within  a  year  on  account  of  ill  health,  and  died  soon 
after. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  A.  J.  Mines  was  installed  as  second 
pastor  in  September,  1836,  but  in  two  months  was  com- 
pelled to  resign,  owing  to  illness. 

The  Rev.  Anson  Rood  became  third  pastor,  by  formal 
installation,  Dec.  15,  1837,  which  office  he  continued  to 
hold  until  1849,  when,  on  account  of  broken  health,  he 
withdrew. 

The  Rev.  James  P.  Wilson,  D.D.,  assumed  the 
pastorate,  Jan.  4,  1850,  but  Jan.  13,  1851,  accepted  a 
call  to  the  Professorship  of  Theology  in  the  Union 
Theological  Seminary  of  ISlew  York. 

The  Rev.  George  Duffield,  Jr.,  became  pastor.  May 
13,  1852,  and  continued  as  such  until  June  19,  1861. 
The  Rev.  James  Y.  Mitchell  was  pastor  from  June  11, 
1862,  to  Sept.  1,  1876.  The  Rev.  Walter  D.  IS^icholas 
was  installed  pastor  May  10,  1877.  Resigned  June  28, 
1880. 

The    present    pastor,    the    Rev.    William     Dayton 


160  HISTORY   OF   THE 

Roberts,  was  installed  March  15,  1881,  and  under  Lis 
faithful  and  acceptable  ministry  the  church  continues 
to  make  steady  and  solid  progress. 

Present  Eldership. 

Abner  Lincoln,  S.  W,  Wolf, 

David  C.  Golden,  E.  R.  Craven, 

Lewis  Davis,  Alfred  D.  Way. 

TIOGA  CHURCH. 

The  Tioga  Church  was  organized  Jan.  16,  1859,  in 
the  Rising  Sun  school-house.  By  appointment.  Rev. 
Thomas  Brainerd  preached  the  sermon  from  Psalm 
XX. :  2.  It  was  called  the  Kenderton  Church,  and  under 
the  Old  Fourth  Presbytery.  Its  first  elders  were 
Thomas  Craven  and  John  C.  Thompson.  The  corner- 
stone of  the  present  edifice  was  laid  Oct.  24, 1859.  Com- 
pleted and  dedicated  April  5, 1866. 

The  ministers  of  the  church  have  been  Rev.  Richard 
Walker,  who  was  Supply  from  the  organization  until 
April  11, 1860,  when  he  was  called  as  pastor.  This 
relation  continued  until  the  close  of  1862.  Rev.  Francis 
Hendricks  then  supplied  the  church  until  Aug.  1867. 
Rev.  Samuel  W.  Duffield  was  called  Oct.  14,  1867, 
ordained  and  installed  !N'ov.  12,  1867.  His  pastorate 
terminated  May,  1870.  Rev.  A.  V.  C.  Schenck  was 
called  June  15,  1870,  installed  Xov.  8,  1870,  and  con- 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     161 

tinued  as  pastor  until  IS'ov.  1879.  Rev.  E.  P.  Heberton 
became  Stated  Supply  June  1, 1880,  was  called  as  pastor 
Dec.  13,  1880,  and  was  installed  Feb.  15,  1881.  His 
relation  was  dissolved  Oct.  3, 1882.  The  present  pas- 
torate began  March,  1883.  During  its  continuance  the 
indebtedness  of  the  church  has  been  extinguished,  the 
name  changed  from  Kenderton  to  Tioga  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  the  building  enlarged  and  refitted  at  an 
expense  of  $14,000.  The  church  is  in  a  flourishing 
condition. 

Present  Eldership. 

Dayton  W.  Hulburt,        James  Grant  (elder  elect). 

James  C.  Shiles, 

TRINITY  CHURCH. 

This  church  was  organized  May  3,  1861,  with  a 
membership  of  about  10,  and  one  elder — James 
McCutcheon.  It  was  no  doubt  too  early  a  beginning 
for  the  church  to  make  much  headway.  The  neigh- 
borhood was  building  very  slowly ;  not  until  the  last 
few  years  has  there  been  any  favorable  opportunity  for 
growth. 

Rev.  W.  R.  Work  was  the  first  Moderator  of  Session, 
June  2, 1861,  and  his  last  meeting  was  September  28, 
1862.  Rev.  John  Lyle  was  the  next  Moderator,  from 
July,  1863,  till  September,  1863.  Rev.  John  Ewing 
began  his  pastorate  January   1,   1864,  and   resigned 


1G2  HISTORY    OF    THE 

October,  1869.  Eev.  R.  A.  Brown  was  Pastor,  1870-73; 
Rev.  B.  B.  Parsons,  D.D.,  1873-81;  Rev.  Andrew 
Lees,  1882-83. 

The  present  pastorate  (Rev.  J.  D.  Shanks)  began  De- 
cember 23,  1883,  and  has  been  quite  an  encouraging 
season  of  church  work.  So  far  nearly  200  members 
have  been  added  to  the  church  under  the  pastor's  earn- 
est and  acceptable  ministry,  and  the  future  is  full  of 
promise. 

Present  Eldership. 
Wm.  Chard,  F.  B.  Berkheiser, 

David  Harvey,  Robert  Graham, 

John  Thompson,  11.  B.  Graves, 

Alex.  M.  Long,  B.  B.  Barber. 

FIRST  CHURCH  IN  THE  NORTHERN   LIBERTIES. 

The  district  of  the  ]!Torthern  Liberties  was  incorpo- 
rated in  the  year  1803,  and  was  consolidated  with  the 
city  in  1854.  As  early  as  1777,  at  the  corner  of  Sec- 
ond and  Fairmount  Avenue,  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church  began  missionary  operations,  and  on  the  22d  of 
April,  1813,  the  people  agreed  to  form  themselves  into 
a  church  distinct  and  separate  from  the  Second  Church 
(then  at  Second  and  Arch),  to  be  styled  "The  First 
Presbyterian  Church  in  the  Northern  Liberties,"  with 
Rev.  James  Patterson  (of  whom  a  sketch  is  elsewhere 
given)  as  pastor.    Under  Mr.  Patterson's  ministry  1700 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     163 

were  converted,  60  of  whom  entered  the  Gospel  roinis- 
try. 

In  1833  the  present  commodious  building  on  Button 
wood,  below  Sixth  Street,  was  erected.  This  church  is 
the  oldest  organization  and  building  north  of  Market 
Street,  and  the  "Mother  Church"  of  the  Philadelphia 
Central  Presbytery.  In  this  church  was  organized  the 
first  Sunday  School  in  Philadelphia  devoted  exclusively 
to  the  gratuitous  teaching  of  the  Bible.  The  success  of 
this  school  stimulated  the  establishment  of  other 
schools,  and  in  1820  the  church  had  five  Sunday 
Schools  under  its  care.  Schools  started  in  every  direc- 
tion through  the  quickened  zeal  of  the  congregation. 

In  1838  Eev.  D.  L.  Carroll,  D.D.,  President  of  Hamp- 
den  and  Sydney  College,  was  called  to  the  pastorate. 
In  1844  Dr.  Ezra  Stiles  Ely  became  pastor.  (See  his 
sketch.)  In  1852  Dr.  Thomas  J.  Shepherd  entered 
upon  his  ministry,  and  for  nearly  thirty  j^ears  was  the 
successful  and  beloved  pastor.  Rev.  W.  V.  Louder- 
baugh  was  pastor  for  a  short  time.  In  1884  the  Eev. 
Madison  C.  Peters  was  called  to  the  pastorate,  and  un- 
der his  earnest  and  acceptable  ministry  the  church  is 
filled  to  its  capacity  from  Sabbath  to  Sabbath,  and  en- 
largement of  the  building  is  contemplated. 

Present  Eldership. 

John  S.  Bellows,  S.  C.  Graham. 

Wm.  C.  Peters, 


164  HISTORY   OF   THE 

WEST  ARCH  STREET  CHURCH 

was  organized  as  the  Eleventh  Presbyterian  Church 
!N'ovember  26, 1828,  with  twelve  male  and  ten  female 
members;  the  Sunday  School  of  which  had  been  organ- 
ized in  January,  1828,  in  a  room  at  the  corner  of  Race 
and  Juniper  Streets.  The  first  meeting  of  the  new 
enterprise  was  held  in  the  lecture-room  of  the  Second 
Presbyterian  Church,  March  29,  1828,  and  until  Octo- 
ber, 1854,  the  congregation  worshiped  in  the  church  on 
Vine  Street,  west  of  Twelfth  Street,  when  it  met  in  the 
lecture-room  of  the  present  building. 

This  building  occupies  eighty-six  feet  on  Arch  and 
Cuthbert  Streets,  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  on 
Eighteenth  Street ;  it  contains  sittings  for  nine  hundred 
persons  in  the  body  of  the  church,  and  two  hundred 
in  the  galleries,  and  cost,  exclusive  of  the  ground, 
$103,571.27.     The  corner-stone  was  laid  May  21, 1855. 

Pastors. 

John  L.  Grant,  June,  1829,  to  February,  1850. 
John  Miller,  May,  1850,  to  December,  1855. 
Jonathan  Edwards,  D.D.,  June,  1857,  to  March,  1866. 
Alphonso  A.  Willits,  D.D.,  April,  1867,  to  October,  1880. 
John  Hemphill,  D.D.,  December,  1882. 

Present  Eldership. 
James  Pollock,  T.  G.  Gayley, 

George  Stevenson,  DeB.  K  Ludwig. 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.      16^5 

This  church,  under  the  able  and  faithful  ministry  of 
its  present  pastor,  Rev.  Dr.  Hemphill,  with  the  coopera- 
tion of  his  coadjutors,  is  in  a  highly  flourishing  condi- 
tion. In  it  all  the  departments  of  Christian  activity 
are  filled  with  great  zeal,  system,  and  vigor,  and  the 
growth  of  the  congregation,  already  large,  is  steady 
and  solid. 

WEST  PARK  CHURCH. 

The  West  Park  Church  was  organized  May  15,1859, 
under  the  name  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Hestonville.  Eev.  Xathaniel  West,  D.D.,  who  was  at 
that  time  pastor  of  the  newly  organized  Belmont 
Church,  Dec.  6, 1857,  began  to  hold  preaching  service 
on  Sabbath  afternoon  in  Watson's  Hall,  corner  of  Fifty- 
Second  and  Lancaster  Avenue,  and  the  interest  so  de- 
veloped, that  a  call  was  given  to  Dr.  West  to  devote 
the  half,  and  ultimately  the  whole,  of  his  time  to  this 
newer  mission  field.  On  Sabbath  evening.  May  15, 
1859,  the  church  was  organized  by  a  committee  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  fourteen  persons  being  re- 
ceived on  certificate  and  eight  on  profession  of  faith. 

Dr.  West  was  installed  in  the  pastorate  July  25, 1860, 
and  continued  in  this  relation  until  July  20, 1862,  when 
he  resigned  to  accept  a  chaplaincy  in  Satterlee  (U.  S.) 
Hospital.  Oct.  7,  1862,  Rev.  A.  M.  Jelly,  then  pastor 
of  the  Belmont  Church,  was  permitted  by  Presbytery 
{12) 


106  HISTORY    OF   THE 

to  accept  a  call  to  devote  half  of  his  time  to  the  First 
Church  of  Ilestonville  as  Stated  Supply,  and  continued 
in  charge  until  June  24,  1866.  The  Sabbath  School, 
which  was  begun  soon  after  the  preaching  services  were 
established,  was  held  continuously  in  Watson's  Ilall, 
then  later  in  "  Munro  Hall,"  where  also  the  services  of 
worship  were  held  until  the  congregation  removed  to 
its  new  church  building  in  1868. 

Rev.  W.  F.  P.  ^oble  served  the  church  temporarily. 
In  IN'ovember  15, 1866,  Rev.  John  Moore  became  Stated 
Supply  for  six  months.  Rev.  Alfred  Paull  was  installed 
pastor  February  1,  1867,  and  continued  so  until  March 
17,  1872,  when,  through  failing  health,  he  resigned. 
During  his  pastorate  the  lot  was  purchased,  and  the 
brick  edifice  erected,  which  the  congregation  still  occu- 
pies. Rev.  D.  V.  Campbell  served  the  church  as  Stated 
Supply,  and  April  29, 1873,  the  Rev.  Andrew  McElwain 
was  installed  pastor,  continuing  in  this  relation  until 
1880.  During  his  pastorate  a  new  Sabbath  School 
building  was  reared  on  the  lot. 

Rev.  J.  R.  Miller  served  the  church  as  Stated  Supply 
for  several  months.  Rev.  J.  Henry  Sharpe,  D.D.,  was 
installed  pastor  April  1,  1881.  In  the  following  year 
the  name  of  the  church  was  changed  to  West  Park 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Philadelphia.  In  1884  the 
Sabbath  School  building  was  enlarged.  In  1886  a  lot 
adjoining  the  church  was  purchased  for  its  future  en- 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     167 

largement.  In  1882  the  church  which  had  been  aided 
from  its  organization  by  the  Board  of  Home  Missions^ 
became  self-sustaining,  and  has  developed  increasing 
strength  every  year  since.  The  church  membership  is 
two  hundred  and  thirty-five,  and  the  Sabbath  School 
numbers  three  hundred  and  twenty-five.  Dr.  Sharpe's 
ministry  is  eminently  blessed  in  this  field  of  labor. 

Present  Eldership. 

Walter  Riddle,  James  Logan, 

John  Wilson,  Wm.  Say  lor. 

Louis  Kirk, 

YORK  STREET  CHURCH. 

This  church  was  organized  July  31,  1849,  by  the 
Philadelphia  Eeformed  Presbytery  in  connection  with 
the  General  Synod  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  United  States,  as  the  Fifth  Reformed 
Presbyterian  Church.  Rev.  Thomas  Flavel  was  or- 
dained its  first  pastor  April  11, 1850,  and  remained  only 
till  August  30, 1850,  when  he  was  dismissed  to  assume 
a  charge  in  Cincinnati.  The  Rev.  A.  G.  McCauley, 
D.D.,  became  the  next  pastor,  and  still  sustains  this  re- 
lation. He  was  ordained  April  7, 1853,  and  has  just 
completed,  recently,  35  years  of  very  acceptable  and 


168  HISTORY   OF   THE 

successful  service.  The  church  was  received  into  the 
Philadelphia  Presbytery  Central,  in  May,  1881. 

Present  Eldership. 
David  McKibben,  Joseph  Ewart. 

COHOCKSINK  CHURCH. 

The  Cohocksink  Presbyterian  Church  was  organized 
on  the  second  Sabbath  of  March,  1840.  Rev.  Griffith 
Owen  was  pastor  from  the  organization  until  [N'ovember, 

1844.  Rev.  Daniel  Gaston  was  pastor  from  January, 

1845,  until  his  death  in  May,  1865.  Rev.  Samuel  A. 
Mutchmore  was  pastor  from  January,  1867,  until  May, 
1872.  He  had  preached  several  months  before  his  in- 
stallation. Rev.  William  Greenough,  the  present  pas- 
tor, was  installed  February  23,  1873. 

The  first  church  was  built  on  the  Germantown  Road 
in  1841. 

The  present  building  was  erected  in  1867  at  Franklin 
Street  and  Columbia  Avenue. 

The  church,  under  Mr.  Greenough's  faithful  labors,  is 
in  good  condition.  It  has  the  Church  Sabbath  School, 
and  a  Mission  Sabbath  School  at  Second  and  Filter 
streets. 


PRESBYTERY   OF   PHILADELPHIA   CENTRAL.  169 

Present  Eldership. 

George  Gabel,  John  0.  Hughes, 

Joseph  Harvey,  Wm.  E.  Krewson, 

Joseph  G.  Harvey,  W.  J.  Graham, 

Andrew  J.  Miller,  Eobert  Scott. 

FIRST   CHURCH,  KENSINGTON. 

This  church  was  founded  and  organized  by  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Philadelphia  in  1813-14 — the  ecclesiastical 
body  formed  March  24,  1814. 

It  was  located  in  w^hat  was  then  a  suburban  region 
of  the  city  commonly  called  "  Fishtown,"  the  inhabi- 
tants being  largely  engaged  in  the  fishing  business. 
The  population  was  sparse  and  almost  destitute  of 
means  of  grace,  so  that  the  field  was  emphatically  a 
missionary  one.  There  were  in  the  organization  only 
nine  persons,  seven  males  and  two  females. 

The  first  pastor  called  ^ve  days  after  the  organiza- 
tion was  the  Rev.  Thomas  H.  Skinner,  who  did  not  ac- 
cept the  call.  On  the  sixth  of  February  following 
(A.  D.  1815)  the  little  congregation  made  a  unanimous 
call  to  the  Rev.  George  Chandler,  a  licentiate  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Hudson,  l!Tew  York,  to  become  their 
pastor. 

The  call  was  accepted.  Mr.  Chandler  entered  upon 
his  duties,  and  continued  in  them  for  nearly  a  half 


170  HISTORY   OF   THE 

century — forty-five  years — until  God  called  him  to  rest. 
The  remains  of  Mr.  Chandler  repose  in  the  family 
burial  lot  at  Laurel  Hill  Cemetery.  But  on  the  left 
front  of  the  church  edifice  there  stands  a  beautiful 
monument  to  his  memory,  erected  by  the  voluntary 
contributions  of  the  citizens  of  the  old  district  of  Ken- 
sington, on  which  are  a  medallion  of  him  in  whose 
honor  it  was  reared,  a  record  of  his  birth,  death,  age, 
etc.,  his  last  charge,  "Be  faithful  to  Jesus,"  and  this 
simple  but  beautiful  and  strikingly  true  eulogy  :  He 
was  the  rejyresentative  of  Christianity  in  its  j)urity. 

During  Mr.  Chandler's  pastorate,  a  great  work  had 
been  wrought.  The  church  had  grown  from  the  hand- 
ful of  nine  communicants  to  about  nine  hundred.  Two 
houses  of  worship  had  been  built  and  paid  for,  the  first 
adapted  to  "  beginnings,"  and  located  on  Palmer  Street, 
near  Queen,  as  it  was  then  called,  now  Richmond  ;  the 
second  and  present  one  a  stately  structure  with  lofty 
spire,  and  capable  of  seating  a  thousand  persons,  on 
Girard  Avenue,  near  Hanover  Street. 

In  October  following  the  decease  of  Mr.  Chandler, 
the  church  called  to  its  pastorate  the  Rev.  William  T. 
Eva,  who  for  seven  years  labored  therein  with  great 
success,  and  then  the  communicants  having  increased 
to  about  eleven  hundred  in  number,  he  resigned  the 
pastorate  and  led  out  a  hundred  and  eighty-two  mem- 


PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL.     171 

bers  as  a  colony  to  organize  a  church  about  half  a  mile 
away,  the  Bethesda. 

The  winter  following,  the  Rev.  J.  Harvey  Beale  was 
called  to  the  pastorate,  and  continues  to  this  present 
time  therein,  the  church  still  being  one  of  the  largest 
and  most  prosperous  of  our  denomination  in  the  city- 
It  has  since  sent  out  another  colony,  the  Beacon  Church, 
which  has  already  grown  into  an  interest  of  large  size 
and  much  usefulness. 

Present  Eldership. 

William  Afflesbach,  David  S.  Smith, 

John  Clouds,  A.  H.  Hulshizer,  M.D. 

William  J.  Crowe, 

PATTERSON  MEMORIAL  CHURCH. 

Preaching  commenced  about  January,  1877,  in  Man- 
cill  Hall,  Sixty-Third  and  Vine  Streets,  the  Rev.  C.  C. 
Dickey  officiating.  The  present  handsome  chapel  in 
which  the  congregation  worships  was  erected  in  1884. 
The  original  name  of  the  church,  Sixty-Third  Street 
Presbyterian  Church,  was  changed  to  the  present  one 
at  the  time  the  new  buildino;  was  erected.  The  Rev. 
C.  C.  Dickey  became  pastor  of  the  church  in  1880,  and 
continued  so  with  much  fidelity  and  success  until  1887, 
when  failing  health  required  his  resignation  of  the 
charge.     The  present  pastor,  Rev.  Gr.  B.  Bell,  was  in- 


172  HISTORY    OF   THE    PHILADELPHIA   CENTRAL. 

stalled  January  10,  1888,  and  under  his  ministry  the 
church  is  in  a  very  promising  condition. 

Present  Eldership. 
Howard  B.  Arrison,        Compton  James. 

ZION  CHURCH.     (GERMAN.) 

This  church  is  under  the  pastoral  care  of  the  Rev.  11. 
F.  Bernhardt.    Its  membership  numbers  260. 

Present  Eldership. 
August  Klose,  Henry  Rothmann, 

Leonard  Maurer,  Ferdinand  Stadler. 

Edward  Eisner, 


INDEX 


Alexander  Church,  Rev.  Dr.  Mutch- 
more  called  to,  48,  49. 

—  —    sketch  of,  114-18. 

Beacon  Church,  sketch  of,  118-20. 
Beadle,  Rev.  E.  R.,  D.D.,  received, 

25. 
Berean  Church,  sketch  of,  120. 
Bethesda  Church,  121. 
Bethlehem  Church,  122. 
Brown,  Rev.  R.  A.,  obituary  notice 

of,  57. 

Carmel  Church,  124. 
Central  Church,  125. 

—  —    removal  of,  61. 

Chandler,  Rev.  Georore,  169-70. 

Christian,  Rev.  Levi  H.,  D.D.,  obitu- 
ary notice  of,  21. 

Church  at  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  35. 
Church  Debts  and  Manses,  106. 
Clarke,  Henry  Steele,  D.D.,  death 

of,  19. 
Cleghorn,  Rev.  E.  B.,  86. 
Cohocksink  Church,  168. 
Columbia  Ave.  Church,  127. 
Corinthian  Ave.  Church,  128. 
Covenant  Church,  129. 

Diver,  Rev.  C.  F.,  minute  on  death 

of,  100. 
Drier,  Rev.  C.  F.,  obituary  notice 

of,  100. 

Election    of   delegates    to    Synod, 
100. 

First  Church  in  the  Northern  Liber- 
ties, 162. 
First  Church,  Kensington,  169. 
Forbes,  Rev.  C,  death  of,  79. 
Frost,  Rev.  N.,  death  of,  44. 


Gaston  Church,  1-30. 

Gaston,  Rev.  Daniel,  death  of,  27. 

General  Council  of  Presb.  Church, 

63. 
Gossler,  Rev.  S.  W.,  death  of,  77. 
Grant,  General,  svmpathy  with,  102. 
Green  Hill  Church,  131. 

Heberton,  Rev.  E.  P.,  minute  on 
death  of,  97. 

—    —    obituary  notice  of,  97. 
Hebron  Memorial  Church,  132. 
Henry,  Dr.  R.  W.,  minute  on  death 

of,  39. 
Historical  discourses,  58. 

Johnston,  Rev.  James  R.,  death  of, 

26 
Johnstone,  W,  O.,  D.D.,  minute  on 

death  of,  94. 

Kensington  Church,  134. 
Kollack,  Shephard  K.,  D.D.,  obitu- 
ary notice  of,  23-25. 

Ladd,  Rev.  Francis  D.,  minute  on 
death  of,  12-13. 

Last  Statistical  Report  of  Presby- 
tery, 113. 

Lehigh  Ave.  Church  dissolved,  60. 

Locker,  Rev.  George,  death  of,  107. 

Mantua,  Second,  135. 
McCluskey,  Dr.,  death  of,  74. 
McDowell,  Rev.  John,  D.D.,  obitu- 
ary notice  of,  12. 
Meeker,  Rev.  D.  C,  death  of,  82. 
Memorial  Church,  136. 
Miller,  Rev.  J.,  death  of,  47. 
Ministry,  increase  of,  31. 
Minutes  of  sympathy,  56. 
Mission  S.  S.  at  62d  and  Vine,  61. 


174 


INDEX. 


Moderators,  election  of,  44. 
Musgrave,    G.    W.,    D.D.,    LL.D., 

called  to  Penn  Church, 

13. 

—  —    obituary  notice  of,  88. 

North  Church,  138. 
North  Broad  Street  Church,  140. 
North  Tenth  Street  Church,  144. 
Northmiuster  Church,  144. 

Olivet  Church,  147. 

Olmstead,  Rev.  Dr.,  obituary  notice 

of,  45. 
Organization  of  Presbytery  after  the 

reunion,  40-44. 
Orphanage,  Presbyterian,  62. 
Overture  approved,  37. 
Owen,  Rev.  H.  J.,  obituary  notice 

of,  08. 
Oxford  Church,  149. 

Parsons,  B.  B.,  D.D.,  obituary  min- 
ute of,  109. 

Patterson  Memorial  Church,  171. 

Paull,  Rev.  A.,  obituary  notice  of, 
52. 

Peace,  thank-offering  for,  30. 

Preaching  stations,  32. 

Presbyterian  Hospital,  46,  51,  72. 

Presbytery,  history  of,  106. 

Presbytery,  reason  for  its  organiza- 
tion, 1,  2. 

—  organization  of,  4,  5. 

—  elders  present,  6. 

—  original  members  of,  6. 
Princeton  Church,  103,  152. 

Reception  of  ministers  and  licenti- 
ates, 65. 
Re-union,  37, 


Richmond  Church,  154. 

Rommel,  Rev.  W.  C,  paper  on,  111. 

Sabbath,  The,  58. 

Sabbath  Funerals,  106. 

Sabbath  Schools,  report  on,  15,  16. 

Saunders,  Rev.  Dr.,  death  of,  50. 

Secular  papers,  circulation  of,  on 

Lord's  day,  30,  64. 
Smaltz,  Rev.  J.  H.,  death  of,  9. 
Smith,  Dr.  C.  A.,  minute  on  death 

of,  71. 
Smith,  H.  A.jD.D.,  minute  on  death 

of,  93. 
Spring  Garden  Church,  156. 
Stevenson,  John  B.,  death  of,  108. 
Susquehanna  Ave.  Church,  157. 
Sympathy  with  General  Grant,  102. 

Temperance,  46. 
Temperance  again,  49. 
Temple  Church,  158. 
Tioga  Church,  160. 
Total  abstinence,  45. 
Trinity  Church,  161. 
Trustees  of  Presbytery,  107,  108. 
Tudehope,  Rev.  A.,  death  of,  11. 

Union,  Christian,  111-112. 

West  Arch  Street  Church,  164. 

West  Park  Church,  165. 

West,  Rev.  N.,  D.D.,  obituary  notice 

of,  20. 
Woman's  For.  Mis.  Soc,  67. 
Work,  Rev.  W.  R.,  death  of,  90. 

York  Street  Church,  167. 

Zion  Church  (German),  172. 


ROLL 


OF 


MINISTERS  AND  LICENTIATES 


IX    CONNECTION   WITH    THE 


CENTRAL  PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA,  AND  THE 
PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL, 


From  1860  to  1888. 


PREPARED    BY 

The  Eev.  W.  M.  EICE,  D.D. 


CENTRAL  PRESBYTERY  OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


The  Synod  of  Philadelphia,  at  a  meeting  held  Oct.  19, 
1860,  divided  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  making  Market 
Street  from  the  Delaware  westward  the  line  of  division.  The 
churches  north  of  said  line  with  their  pastors  were  constituted 
a  new  Presbytery,  under  the  name  of  The  Central  Pres- 
bytery OF  Philadelphia.  The  churches  within  one  square 
north  and  south  were  allowed  their  choice  as  to  which  Pres- 
bytery they  should  belong.  The  new  Presbytery,  by  direction 
of  Synod,  met  for  organization  in  the  Spring  Garden  Church, 


Dec.  4,  1860. 


ROLL 


No.  1.     John  McDowell.     Phila.  Pby.  No.  308.     Received  Dec.  4, 

1860,  Spring  Garden  Ch.     Died  Feb.  13,  1863.     D.D. 
No.  2.     Daniel  Gaston.      Phila.  Pby.  No.  414.     Received  Dec.  4, 

1860,  Cohocksink  Ch.     Died  April  29,  1865. 
No.  3.     James  G.  Shinn.     Phila.  Pby.  No.  418.     Received  Dec.  4, 

1860,  Richmond  Ch.     Released  Oct.  1,  1861.     Phila.  Central  Pby. 

June,  1870.    Dismissed  Sept. 15,  1873,  Pby.  West  Jersey.    Received 

Dec.  6,  1880,  Pby.  West  Jersey. 
No.  4.     Charles  W.  Shields.     Phila.  Pby.  No.  450.     Received  Dec. 

4, 1860,  Second  Ch.     Released  Oct.  2,  1865.    Pby.  New  Brunswick, 

June,  1870.     Ordained  Nov.  8,  1849.     D.D. 
No.  5.     Francis  D.  Ladd.     Phila.  Pby.  No.  461.     Received  Dec.  4, 

1860,  Penn  Ch.     Died  July  7,  1862. 
No.  6.     "Wm.  O.  Johnstone.     Phila.  Pby.  No.  480.     Received  Dec. 

4,  1860,  First  Secession  Ch.,  Kensington.    Phila.  Central  Pby.  June, 

1870.     Died  Jan.  16,  1882.     D.D. 
No.  7.     Henry  Steel  Clark.     Phila.  Pby.  No.  473.     Received  Dec. 

4,  1860,  Central  Ch.     Died  Jan.  17,  1864.     D.D. 


178  ROLL   OF 

No.  8.  Levi  H.  Christian.  Pliila.  Pby.  No.  nil.  Received  Dec.  4, 
1860,  North  Ch.     Released  Jan.  4,  1864.    Died  Oct.  23,  1864.    D.D. 

No.  9.  Nathaniel  West.  Pliila.  Pby.  No.  525.  Received  Dec.  4, 
1864,  Hestonville  Ch.     Released  July  7,  1862.     Died  Sept.  2,  1864. 

No.  10.  Jonathan  Edwards.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  531.  West  Arch 
St.  Ch.  Released  March  13,  1866.  Dismissed  April  2,1866,  Pby. 
Ohio.     D.D. 

No.  11.  Alfred  Nevin.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  532.  Received  Dec.  4, 
1860,  Alexander  Ch.  Released  Jan.  7,  1861.  Transferred  to  Phila. 
Pby.  June,  1870.     D.D. 

No.  12.  Robert  M.  Patterson.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  533.  Received 
Dec.  4,  1860,  Great  Valley  Ch.  Released  and  dismissed  June  24, 
1867,  Phila.  Pby.     D.D.,  LL.D. 

No.  13.  Joseph  W.  Porter.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  551.  Received  Dec. 
4, 1860,  Phoenixville  and  Charlestown  Chs.  Released  Jan.  10, 1870. 
Transferred  June,  1870,  Pby.  of  Chester. 

No.  14.  Morris  C.  Sutphen.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  558.  Received  Dec. 
4,  1860,  Spring  Garden  Ch.  Released  and  dismissed  April  13,  1866, 
Second  Pby.  New  York.     Died  June  18,  1875.     D.D. 

No.  15.  J.  Addison  Henry.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  559.  Ordained  and 
installed  June  5,  1860.  Received  Dec.  4,  1860,  Princeton  Ch. 
Phila.  Central  Pby.  Jan.  1870.     D.D. 

No.  16.  Walter  Forsyth.  Received  Dec.  5,  1860,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  3,  1861.  Dismissed  Oct.  7,  1862,  Pby.  Lake. 
Ordained  May  11,  1864. 

No.  17.  Matthew  Newkirk.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  542.  Received  and 
licensed  Jan.  7,  1861.  Dismissed  April  2,  1862,  Pby.  New  Castle. 
Received  Jan.  11, 1869,  Pby.  New  Castle.  Installed  Jan.  17,  1869, 
North  Tenth  Street  Ch.  Phila.  Central  Pby.  June,  1870.  Pastoral 
relation  dissolved  May  5,  1873.  Installed  June  1,  1873,  Bethlehem 
Ch.  Released  Dec.  10,  1883.  Installed  Sept.  12,  1886,  Coll.  Pastor 
Bethesda  Ch.     D.D. 

No.  18.  Luther  H.  Wilson.  Received  Jan.  7,  1861,  Pby.  Knox- 
ville.  Dismissed  July  1,  1861,  Pby.  Nashville.  Ordained  Sept. 
29,  1866,  by  Pby.  Flint  River. 

No.  19.  John  D.  M.  Clintock.  Received  Jan.  7, 1861,  as  a  can- 
didate. Licensed  July  7,  1862.  Dismissed  July  6,  1863,  Pby.  of 
Ebenezer.     Ordained  April  11,  1864. 

No,  20.  Thomas  J.  Aiken.  Received  Jan.  7,  1861,  as  a  candidate. 
Licensed  April  2,  1867.  Dismissed  April  12,  1869,  Third  Pby. 
Phila.  Received  by  Third  Pby.  Phila.  April  13,  1869.  Ordained 
and  installed  April  27,  1869,  East  Whiteland  and  Reeseville  Chs. 
Transferred  June,  1870,  Pby.  Chester. 
No.  21.  George  Locker.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  563.  Received  .Jan.  7, 
1861,  Pby.  Phila.    Ordained  Feb.  8, 1861.    Pastor  First  German  Ch. 


MINISTERS   AND  LICENTIATES.  179 

Dismissed  Jan.  15,  1866,  Fourth  Pbj.  Phila.     Received  June,  1870, 

Phila.  Central.     Died  Jan.  24,  1887. 
No.  22.     George  W.  Musgrave.     Phila.  Pby.  No.  246.     Received 

pro  forma  April  3,  1861.     Installed  Jan.  11,  1863,  Penn  Ch.  (North 

Tenth  Street  Ch.).     Released  Oct.  12,  1868.     Phila.  Central  Pby. 

June,  1870.     Died  Aug.  24,  1882.     D.D.,  LL.D. 
No.  23.     James  M.  Olmstead.      Phila.  Pby.  No.  516.     Received 

pro  forma  April  3, 1861.    Phila.  Central  Pby.  June,  1870.    Died  Oct. 

16,'l870.     D.D. 
No.  24.     Wm.  R.  "Work.    Phila.  Pby.  No.  550.    Received  profonna 

April  3,  1861.     Phila.  Central  June,  1870.     Died  Dec.  27.  1882. 
No.  25.     Wm.  M.  Cornell.      Phila.  Pby.  No.  553.     Received  pro 

forma  April  3,  1861.     Phila.  Central,  June,  1870.     Dismissed  Oct. 

5,  1870.     D.D. 
No.  26.     "Wm.   H.  Hodge.     Phila.  Pby.  No.  543.      Received  and 

licensed  April  3,  1861.     Ordained  and  dismissed  Jan.  5,  1864,  Pby. 

Connecticut.     Received  April  19,  1870,  Pby.  Connecticut.    Installed 

June  20,  1870,  Columbia  Avenue  Ch.     Phila.  Central  Pby.  June, 

1870. 
No.  27.    Herman  F.  W.  Reiner.     Phila.  Pby.  No.  547.     Received 

April  3,  1861.     Name  dropped  April  4,  1865. 
No.  28.     Alfred  H.  Kellogg.     Phila.  Pby.  No.  561.     Received  and 

licensed  April  3,  1861.     Dismissed  Oct.  7, 1862,  Second  Pby.  Phila. 

Received  by  Phila.  Central  Pby.  Sept.  1,  1873.     Pby.  New  York. 

Installed  Sept.  15,  1873,  Central  Ch.  Released  Oct.  6,  1874.  Dis- 
missed March  6,  1882,  Pby.  Detroit.     Received  April  3,  1883,  Pby. 

Detroit.     D.D. 
No.  29.     John  H.   Smaltz.      Phila.  Pby.  No.  399.     Received  pro 

forma  May  6,  1861.     Died  July  30,  1861. 
No.  30.     James  Clark.      Phila.  Pby.  No.  306.      Received  May  6, 

1861,  Pby.  Northumberland,  Phila.  Central  Pby.  June,  1870.    D.D. 
No.  31.     James  R.  Johnston.    Received  May  6,  1861,  Pby.  Hudson. 

Ordained  1825.     Died  June  16,  1865. 
No.  32.     Sheppard   K.    Kollock.     Received   May   6,   1861,   Pby. 

West  Jersey.     Ordained  June,  1818.     Died  April  7,  1865.     D.D. 
No.  33.     Henry   S.  Blinn.     Received   May  6,  1861,  Pby.  Monroe. 

Ordained  1850.     Dismissed  March  28,  1862,  Pby.  Albany. 
No.  34.     James  A.  Devine.     Received  July  1,  1861,  Pby.  Ogdens- 

burg.     Ordained   May    10,    1854.     Dismissed   July   2,  1866,   Pby. 

Wooster. 
No.  35.     David  Kennedy.     Received  July  1, 1861,  Pby.  New  York. 

Ordained  June  5,  1851,  by  Ref.  Pby.  Pittsburgh.     Installed  Oct.  20, 

1862,  Richmond  Ch.  Released  Feb.  16,  1866.  Dismissed  May  18, 
1868,  Pby.  Erie.  Received  to  Phila.  Central  Pby.  May  5,  1873. 
Dismissed  Jan.  4,  1881.     Pby.  Northumberland.     M.D. 


180  ROLL   OF 

No.  36.     Edward   B.  Hodge.     Received  July  1,  1861.     Licensed 

April  6,  18ti3.    Dismitised  April  4,  1864,  Pby.  Burlington.    Ordained 

April  23,  1864. 
No.  37.     Henry  B.  Townsend.     Phila.  Pby.  No.   541.     Received 

July  1,  1861.     Licensed  July  7,  1862.     Dismissed  April  6,  1863,  2d 

Pby.  Phila.     Ordained  May  5, 1863. 
No.  38.     Edward  D.  Ledyard.     Received  Sept.  2,  1861.     Licensed 

Jan.  7,  1867.     Dismissed  July  8, 1867,  Pby.  North  River.    Ordained 

Aug.  29,  1867. 
No.  39.     Alexander  M.  Jelly.     Received  Sept.  2,  1861,  Pby.  Ohio. 

Ordained  and  installed  Sept.  14,  1861,  Belmont  Ch.     Released  Nov. 

30,  1863.  Installed  Richmond  Ch.  July  12,  1866.  Phila.  Central 
Pby.  June,  1870.  Released  and  dismissed  Oct.  4,  1870.  Pby. 
Newton.     D.D. 

No.  40.  Henry  F.  Lee.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  718.  Received  Sept.  14, 
1861,  2d  Pby.  Phila.     Ordained  April  26,  1860.     Dismissed  Oct.  2, 

1861,  2d  Pby.  Phila. 

No.  41.     Thomas  M.  Cunningham.     Received  Oct.  18,  1861,  Pby. 

Chicago.     Ordained  Oct.  1852.     Installed  Oct.  31,  1861,  Alexander 

Ch.     Released  July  26,  1869,  Pby.  California.     Died  Feb.  22,  1880. 

D.D. 
No.  42.     Ephraim  D.  Saunders.     Phila.  Pby.  No.  502.     Enrolled 

Oct.  31,  1861.     Phila.  Central   Pby.  June,  1870.     Died  Sept.  13, 

1872.     D.D. 
No.  43.     Charles  H.  Ewing.     Phila.  Pby.  No.  508.     Enrolled  Oct. 

31,  1861.    Dismissed  April  2, 1862,  Pby.  Phila.    Died  March  15, 1885. 
No.  44.     "William  J.  Day.     Received  as  a  candidate  Oct.  31,  1861, 

Pby.  Phila.     Licensed  Jan.  2,  1865.     Dismissed  July  3, 1865,  Pby. 

Luzerne.     Ordained  Sept.  21,  1865. 
No.  45.     Archibald   Tudehope.     Phila.  Pby.  No.  352.     Enrolled 

Oct.  31,  1861.     Died  Dec.  6,  1861. 
No.  46.     Owen  Reidy.     Received  Nov.  4,  1861.     Licensed  Jan.  7, 

1862.  Name  dropped  July  4, 1864. 

No.  47.  Edward  P.  Cowan.  Received  April  2,  1862.  Licensed- 
April  4,  1864.  Dismissed  Oct.  3,  1864,  Pby.  St.  Louis.  Ordained 
June  7,  1865.     D.D. 

No.  48.  J.  Thompson  Osier.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  495.  Received 
and  licensed  April  3,  1862.  Ordained  April  3,  1865.  Dismissed 
Jan.  15,  1866,  Pby.  Carlisle. 

No.  49.  F.  Dunleavy  Long.  Phila.  No.  530.  Received  as  a  can- 
didate July  7,  1862.     Phila.  Central  Pby.  June,  1870. 

No.  50.  John  C.  Bliss.  Received  Oct.  8,  1862.  Licensed  Oct.  20, 
1862.     Dismissed  Pby.  Carlisle  Jan.  5,  1863.     D.D. 

No.  51.  E.  Bailey  Smith.  Received  Oct.  8,  1862.  Ordained  Aug. 
1858,  Baptist  Church,  Chemung,  N.  Y.  Dismissed  April  2,  1866, 
Pby.  Connecticut. 


MINISTERS   AND   LICENTIATES.  181 

No.  52.  Sketchly  Morton  Pearce.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  529.  Re- 
ceived Oct.  8,  1S62.  Licensed  April  4,  1864.  Dismissed  April  2, 
1866,  Pby.  Southern  Minn.  Ordained  April  27,  1866,  Pby.  Chip- 
pewa. 

No.  53.  Robert  Procter.  Received  April  6,  1863,  Pby.  Rock 
River.  Ordained  Nov.  7,  1859.  Dismissed  May  5,  1864,  Pby. 
Cayuga. 

No.  54.  James  H.  Marr.  Received  April  6,  1863.  Licensed  April 
4,  1864.  Dismissed  July  13,  1868,  Pby.  California.  Ordained 
March  21,  1868,  Pby.  San  Francisco.  Received  by  Pby.  Phila.  Cen- 
tral, May  1,  1882.     Pby.  Morris  and  Orange. 

No.  55.  Arthur  "W.  Milby.  Received  July  6,  1863,  from  M.  E. 
Ch.     Ordained  1846.     Dismissed  Nov.  12,  1866,  M.  E.  Ch. 

No.  56.  James  A.  McGovran.  Received  Sept.  4,  1863.  Licensed 
April  2,  1867.  Dismissed  July  13,  1868,  Pby.  St.  Paul.  Ordained 
Sept.  15,  1869. 

No.  57.  Benjamin  A.  Dean.  Received  Oct.  5,  1863.  Licensed 
April  4,  1864.     Ordained  in  Cong.  Ch.  July  20,  1866. 

No.  58.  G.  Wilson  McPhail.  Received  Oct.  23,  1863,  2d  Pby. 
Phila.  Ordained  1838,  Pby.  East  Hanover.  Dismissed  Oct.  4, 
1866,  Pby.  East  Hanover.     D.D. 

No.  59.  Ambrose  C.  Smith.  Received  Nov.  20,  1863,  Pby.  Don- 
egal. Licensed  April  4,  1864.  Dismissed  Jan.  1,  1866,  Pby.  Car- 
lisle.    Ordained  Jan.  18,  1867,  Pby.  Rock  River.     D.D. 

No.  60.  John  Peacock.  Received  Jan.  5,  1864.  Licensed  April 
4,  1870.  Phila.  Central  Pby.  June,  1870.  Dismissed  April  4,  1871, 
Pby.  Phila.  North.     Ordained  April  28,  1871. 

No.  61.  Robert  A.  Davison.  Jan.  5,  1864,  Pby.  St.  Louis.  Li- 
censed April  5,  1864.  Dismissed  May  1,  1865,  Pby.  Hudson.  Or- 
dained May  16,  1865. 

No.  62.  Sylvanus  Sayre.  Received  April  4,  1864.  Licensed 
April  2,  1866.  Ordained  May  7,  1866.  Phila.  Central  Pby.  June, 
1870.     Dismissed  Dec.  6,  1880,  Pby.  Allegheny. 

No.  63.  John  Ewing.  Received  April  20,  1864,  Pby.  Ohio.  Or- 
dained Dec.  24,  1861.  Installed  May  2,  1864,  Trinity  Ch.  Released 
and  dismissed  Sept.  27,  1869,  Pby.  Raritan.     D.D. 

No.  64.  John  Moore.  Received  July  4,  1864,  Pby.  Huntingdon. 
Ordained  Dec.  24,  1861,  Pby.  Ohio.  Dismissed  Oct.  11,  1869,  2d 
Pby.  Phila. 

No.  65.  Robert  "W.  Henry.  Received  Oct.  3,  1864,  Pbv.  New 
York.    Installed  Oct.  12,  1864,  North  Ch.    Died  Oct.  8,  1869".    D.D. 

No.  66.     Alexander  Reed.    Received  Nov.  28, 1864,  Pby.  New  Cas- 
tle.    Installed  Dec.  11,  1864,  Central  Ch.  Phila.  Central  Pby.  June, 
1870.     Released  and  dismissed  June  2,  1873,  Pby.  Brooklyn.     Died 
Nov.  17,  1878.     D.D. 
il3) 


182  ROLL   OF 

No.  67.  Alfred  Taylor.  Received  April  3,  1865,  2d  Pby.  Phila. 
Dismissed  April  4,  lb70,  Pby.  Nassau. 

No.  68.  John  Sparhawk  Jones.  Received  Jnly  3,  1865.  Li- 
censed April  2,  1»66,  Phila.  Central  June,  1870.  Dismissed  Oct.  5, 
1870,  Pby.  Baltimore.     Ordained  Jan.  10,  1871.     D.D. 

No.  69.  "Wm.  S.  Steen.  Received  July  3,  1865.  Licensed  Oct.  1, 
1866.  Philada.  Central.  Pby.  June,  1870.  Dismissed  May  2,  1881, 
Pby.  Lackawanna. 

No.  70.  Elias  R.  Beadle.  Received  Nov.  6, 1865,  Pby.  Rochester. 
Installed  Nov.  12,  1865,  Second  Ch.  Transferred  with  Second  Ch. 
Oct.  1868  to  Pby.  Phila.  Pby.  Phila.  No.  598.  Died  Jan.  6,  1879. 
D.D. 

No.  71.  Henry  R.  HalL  Received  Jan.  1,  1866,  Pby.  Lewes.  Li- 
censed Jan.  13,  1868.     Dismissed  Oct.  12,  1868,  Pby.  Huntingdon. 

No.  72.  Alexander  Scott.  Received  April  2,  1866,  Pby.  Califor- 
nia.    Philada.  Central  June,  1870. 

No.  73.  John  P.  Conkey.  Received  April  2,  1866.  Dismissed 
Dec.  5,  1867,  Pby.  Northumberland,  Phila.  Pby.  North.  Ordained 
Nov.  25,  1858.     D.D. 

No.  74.  Edward  P.  Heberton.  Received  April  2, 1866.  Licensed 
Oct.  14,  1867.  Ordained  and  installed  April  13,  1868.  Transferred 
June,  1870,  Pby.  Chester.  Received  to  Phila.  Central  Pby.  Sept.  6, 
1880,  Pby.  West  Jersey.  Installed  March  15,  1881,  Kenderton  Ch. 
Released  Oct.  3,  1882.     Died  March  7,  1883. 

No.  75.  David  A.  Cunningham.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  579.  Received 
June  5,  1866,  Pby.  Phila.  Installed  June  20,  1866,  Spring  Garden 
Ch.,  Phila.  Central  Pby.  June,  1870.  Released  April  13,  1876. 
Dismissed  Sept.  4,  1876,  Pby.  Washington.     D.D. 

No.  76.  "Wm.  "W.  Heberton.  Received  July  2,  1866.  Licensed 
April  12,  lb69.  Dismissed  July  26,  1869.  Pby.  New  Castle.  Phila. 
Pby.  No.  747. 

No.  77.  John  Lyon.  Received  Oct.  1,  1866,  Pby.  Carlisle.  Phila. 
Central  Pby.  June,  1870. 

No.  78.  James  Sinclair.  Received  Oct.  15,  1866.  Deposed  April 
4,  1870. 

No.  79.  Samuel  A.  Mutchmore.  Received  Jan.  7, 1867,  Pby.  St. 
Louis.  Installed  Jan.  17,  1867,  Cohocksink  Ch.,  Phila.  Central 
Pby.  June,  1870.  Released  May  7,  1872.  Installed  Oct.  13,  1872, 
Alexander  Ch.  Released  Jan.  4,  1881.  Installed  Nov.  9,  1882, 
Memorial  Ch.     D.D. 

No.  80.  Edward  P.  Capp.  Philada.  Pby.  No.  522.  Received 
Jan.  7,  1867,  Pby.  Phila.  Licensed  July  4,  1868.  Ordained  and 
dismissed  April  19, 1869,  Pby.  Shantung,  China.  Died  Yokohama, 
Japan,  Oct.  26,  1873. 


MINISTERS  AND   LICENTIATES.  183 

No.  81.  Alfred  PaulL  Received  April  1,  1867,  Pby.  Washington. 
Ordained  April  17,  1850.  Installed  Feb.  7,  1869,  Hestonville  Cli., 
Phila.  Central  Pby.  June,  1870.     Died  Nov.  1872. 

No.  82.  James  Gray  Bolton.  Received  April  2, 1867,  Phila.  Cen- 
tral, June,  1870.  Dismissed  Sept.  15, 1873,  Pby.  Phila.  Phila.  Pby. 
No.  652. 

No.  83.  Wm.  Speer.  Received  April  2,  1867,  Pby.  Southern  Min- 
nesota. Phila.  Central,  June,  1870.  Dismissed  Sept.  2, 1878,  Pby. 
Washington.     D.D. 

No.  84.  Edward  M.  Long.  Received  April  8,  1867,  Ger.  Ref. 
Classis,  Phila.     Phila.  Central  Pby.  June,  1870. 

No.  85.  Alphonso  A.  "Willets.  Received  May  29,  1867,  North 
Classis,  Long  Island.  Installed  June  2,  1867,  West  Arch  St.  Ch. 
Phila.  Central  Pby.  June,  1870.  Released  Oct.  5,  1880.  Dismissed 
Jan.  8,  1883,  Pby.  Louisville.     D.D. 

No.  86.  Caspar  Rene  Gregory.  Received  July  8, 1867.  Licensed 
April  12,  1869.  Phila.  Central  Pby.  June,  1870.  Name  dropped 
Feb.  7,  1881. 

No.  87.  Edward  Dillon.  Received  Jan.  13,  1868.  Transferred  to 
Phila.  Central  Pby.  June,  1870.  Dismissed  April  25,  1876,  Pby. 
Cayuga. 

No.  88.  H.  B.  Lambe.  Received  Jan.  13,  1868,  Pby.  Warren. 
Name  struck  from  roll  Jan.  18,  1869. 

No.  89.  John  "W.  Schenck.  Received  Jan.  13,  1868,  Ref.  Classis, 
Phila.  Dismissed  Sept.  21,  1868,  Third  Pby.  Phila.  Installed  by 
Third  Pby.  Phila.  Oct.,  27,  1868,  Potts ville  First  Ch.  Transferred 
June,  1870,  Pby.  Lehigh. 

No.  90.  Nathaniel  I.  Rubinkam.  Received  July  13,  1868.  Phila. 
Central  Pby.  June,  1870.  Licensed  May  10,  1877.  Dismissed  Feb. 
4,  1878.     Ordained  1878. 

No.  91.  George  "W.  Burroughs.  Received  Oct,  12, 1868,  Pby.  Nas- 
sau. Phila.  Central  Pby.  June,  1870.  Dismissed  Sept.  15,  1873, 
Pby.  Elizabeth.     Received  April  25,  1876,  Pby.  Elizabeth.     M.D. 

No.  92.  Robert  A.  Brown.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  467.  Received  Oct. 
26,  1868,  Pby.  Donegal.  Installed  May  15,  1870,  Trinity  Ch., 
Phila.  Central  Pby.  June,  1870.  Released  April  2,  1873.  Died 
Nov.  21,  1875. 

No.  93.     "Wm.  A.  Page.     Received  April  12,  1869,  Pby.  Ithaca. 

No.  94.  Wm.  W.  M'Nair.  Received  Oct.  11,  1869,  Pby.  Chip- 
pewa. Ordained  May  17,  1849,  Pby.  New  Brunswick.  Dismissed 
June  30,  1870,  Pby.  West  Jersey. 

No.  95.  Augustus  P.  Volmer.  Received  Sept.  2,  1868.  Phila. 
Central  Pby.  June,  1870.  Licensed  April  4,  1871.  Name  removed 
from  roll  Oct.  3,  1871. 


184  ROLL   OF 

No.  96.  "Wm.  P.  Patterson.  Received  Oct.  29, 1869.  Phila.  Cen- 
tral Thy.  June,  1870.  Dismissed  July  11, 1871,  Pby.  Phila.  Pliila. 
Pby.  No.  636. 

No.  97.  Clarence  Geddes.  Received  Jan.  10,  1870.  Phila.  Cen- 
tral Pby.  June,  1870.  Licensed  April  2,  1872.  Dismissed  Nov.  4, 
1872,  Pby.  New  York. 

No.  98.  George  F.  Cain.  Received  April  19,  1870,  Pby.  Erie. 
Installed  May  9,  1870,  Alexander  Ch.  Phila.  Central  Pby.  June, 
1870.  Released  April  4,  1871.  Dismissed  July  11,  1871,  Pby. 
Dayton. 

No.  99.  Benjamin  L.  Agnew.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  596.  Received 
May  16,  1870,  Pby.  Phila.  Installed  May  22,  1870,  North  Ch. 
Phila.  Central  Pby.  June,  1870.  Released  and  dismissed  Dec.  1, 
1883,  Pby.  Pittsburgh.  Received  May  5,  1884,  Pby.  Pittsburgh. 
Installed  May  12,  1884,  Bethlehem  Ch.     D.D. 

No.  100.  John  R.  Thompson.  Received  as  a  foreign  Minister  on 
probation  June  20,  1870,  Pby.  Halifax.  Transferred  June,  1870, 
Pby.  Oregon. 


PHILADELPHIA  CENTRAL  PRESBYTERY. 

At  the  reunion,  June,  1870,  the  Philadelphia  Central  Pres- 
bytery was  constituted,  to  consist  of  the  ministers  and  churches 
in  the  city  and  county  of  Philadelphia,  between  the  centre  of 
Market  Street  and  the  centre  of  Allegheny  Avenue,  and  the 
Delaware  River  and  the  western  line  of  the  city.  It  became 
the  legal  successor  of  the  Centml  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia 
and  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  Third. 

No.  101.  Michael  Burdett.  Received  to  Third  Pby.  Phila.  Oct. 
1858,  from  Harmony  Asso.  Mass.  Installed  1859,  Darby  Second 
Ch.  Released  Jan.  29,  1862.  Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila.  Cen- 
tral Pby. 

No.  102.  Peter  Parker.  Received  to  Second  Pby.  Phila.  (Assem- 
bly's), May  14,  1834,  New  Haven  Cong.  Asso.  Ordained  May  16, 
1834,  Missionary  to  China.  Transferred  June  9,  1836,  Third  Pby. 
Phila.     Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila.  Central  Pby.     M.D. 

No.  103.  John  McClusky.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  227.  Received  June 
23,  1870,  Second  Pby.  Phila.     Died  March  31,  1880.     D.D. 

No.  104.  Jeremiah  Miller.  Received  June  23,  1870,  Pby.  Harris- 
burg.     Died  July,  1871. 


MINISTERS   AND   LICENTIATES.  185 

No.  105.  Wm.  "W.  Taylor.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  660.  Received  to 
Third  Pbj.  Phila.,  Oct.  31,  1861.  Installed  Nov.  3,  1861,  Olivet 
Ch.  Transferred  June  23,  1870,  with  Olivet  Ch.  Pastoral  relation 
dissolved  May  15,  1871.     Dismissed  April  2,  1872,  Pby.  Carlisle. 

No.  106.  Leeds  K.  Berridge.  Received  to  Third  Pby.  Phila. 
April  12,  1854,  Methodist  Epis.  Ch.  Dismissed  April  8,  1856,  Pby. 
Wilmington.  Received  Dec.  16,  1862,  Pby.  Harrisburg.  Trans- 
ferred June,  1870,  Phila.  Central  Pby. 

No.  107.  Thomas  J.  Shepherd.  Received  by  Fourth  Pby.  Phila. 
Oct.  6, 1852,  Pby.  Dist.  Columbia.  Ordained  Oct.  5,  1843.  Installed 
Nov.  2,  1852,  N.  L.  First  Ch.  Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila. 
Central  Pby.  Pastoral  relation  dissolved  June  6,  1881.  Pastor 
Emeritus.     D.D. 

No.  108.  Samuel  Pulton.  Received  June  23,  1870,  Phila.  Second 
Pby.     Dismissed  Oct.  1,  1872,  Pby.  Chester. 

No.  109.  Charles  E.  Ford.  Received  June  23,  1870,  Pby.  West 
Jersey. 

No.  110.  Charles  F.  Diver.  Received  as  a  candidate  April  15, 
1840,  by  Phila.  Third  Pby.  Licensed  April  14,  1842.  Dismissed 
Oct.  24,  1842,  Pby.  Dist.  Columbia.  Received  Dec.  4,  1842,  Pby. 
Dist.  Columbia.  Ordained  and  installed  Oct.  22,  1844,  Norriton 
and  Providence  Chs.  Released  Oct.  7,  1846.  Dismissed  Pby.  Har- 
risburg. Received  by  Phila.  Fourth  Pby.  Oct.  6,  1852.  Installed 
Oct.  13,  1852,  Cedarville  Ch.  Released  Dec.  24,  1860.  Transferred 
June,  1870,  Phila.  Central  Pby.     Died  Oct.  14,  1884. 

No.  111.  George  P.  Wiswell.  Received  by  Phila.  Third  Pby. 
May  9,  1867,  from  Pby.  Wilmington.  Installed  May  9,  1867,  Green 
Hill  Ch.  Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila.  Central  Pby.  Released 
Oct.  6,  1885.     D.D. 

No.  112.  Wm.  T.  Eva.  Received  by  Phila.  Fourth  Pby.  Nov.  5, 
1860,  Pby.  Newark,  and  installed  pastor  Kensington  First  Ch. 
Released  Nov.  12,  1867.  Installed  Feb.  12,  1868,  Bethesda  Ch. 
Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila.  Central  Pby.     D.D. 

No.  113.  Peter  Stryker.  Received  April  14,  1868,  Classis  New 
York.  Installed  May  14,  1868,  North  Broad  St.  Ch.  Transferred 
June,  1870,  Phila.  Central  Pby.  Released  and  dismissed  Oct.  4, 
1870,  Pby.  Utica.     D.D. 

No.  114.  John  W.  Mears.  Received  by  Phila.  Fourth  Pby.  as  a 
licentiate  Oct.  9,  1850,  Western  Dist.  Asso.  New  Haven.  Ordained 
and  installed  April  15,  1852,  Central  Ch.,  Camden,  N.  J.  Released 
and  dismissed  Jan.  19,  1854,  Pby.  Wilmington.  Received  by  Phila. 
Third  Pby.  Oct.  16,  1867.  Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila.  Central 
Pby.  Dismissed  Sept.  4,  1871,  Pby.  Utica.  Died  Nov.  10,  1881. 
D.D. 

No.  115.  John  Moore.  Phila.  No.  578.  Received  June  23,  1870, 
Phila.  Pby.     Dismissed  Nov.  10,  1873,  Pby.  Brooklyn. 


186  ROLL   OF 

No.  116.  Wm.  Ottinger.  Received  bj  Pliila.  3d  Pby.  April  12, 
1842.  Licensed  Oct.  '6,  1844.  Ordained  Oct.  8,  1845.  Transferred 
to  Phila.  4th  Pby.  Oct.  23,  1845.  Dismissed  April  16,  1848,  Vine- 
land  Sand  Ass.,  Mass.  Received  by  Phila.  3d  Pby.  Oct.  7,  1862, 
Pby.  Des  Moines.  Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila.  Central  Pby. 
Dismissed  May  6,  1874,  Pby.  Phila.  North. 

No.  117.  Epaminondas  J.  Pierce.  Received  by  Phila.  4th  Pby. 
April  10,  1850.  Licensed  April  12,  1850.  Ordained  April  20,  1851. 
Dismissed  Oct.  19,  1855,  Phila.  3d  Pby.  Transferred  June,  1870, 
Phila.  Central  Pby.     Dismissed  April  2,  1872,  Pby.  Monmouth. 

No.  118.  Francis  Hendricks.  Received  by  Phila.  4th  Pby.  Oct. 
13, 1863,  Pby.  Wilmington.  Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila.  Central 
Pby.  Installed  Feb.  18,  1872,.  Mantua  2d  Ch.  Released  Jan.  6, 
1874. 

No.  119.  George  "W.  Cox.  Received  by  Phila.  4th  Pby.  April  12, 
1859,  as  an  Independent  Minister.  Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila. 
Central  Pby. 

No.  120.  James  Y.  Mitchell.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  494.  Ordained 
July  14,  1854.  Received  by  Phila.  4th  Pby.  Oct.  15,  1862,  Pby. 
Newton.  Installed  Oct.  22,  1862,  N.  L.  Central  (Temple)  Ch. 
Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila.  Central  Pby.  Released  and  dis- 
missed June  22,  1876,  Pby.  Westminster.     D.D. 

No.  121.  Joseph  P.  Jennison.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  528.  Received 
June  23,  1870,  Phila.  2d  Pby.  Dismissed  May  1,  1871,  Pby.  Bos- 
ton. 

No.  122.  Henry  A.  Smith.  Received  by  Phila.  3d  Pby.  and  li- 
censed Oct.  29,  1857.  Ordained  Nov.  4,  1858.  Installed  July  31, 
1864,  Mantua  1st  (Northminster)  Ch.  Transferred  June,  1870,  to 
Phila.  Central  Pby.  Released  June  5,  1882.  Died  May  7,  1883. 
D.D. 

No.  123.  Prancis  L.  Robbins.  Received  by  Phila.  3d  Pby.  April 
26, 1860,  Main  Conference,  Ohio.  Installed  April  29,  1860,  Green  Hill 
Ch.  Released  and  transferred  April  9,  1867,  Phila.  4th  Pby.  In- 
stalled May  5,  1867,  Oxford  Ch.  Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila. 
Central  Pby.     Released  Sept.  13,  1883.     Beacon  Ch.     D.D. 

No.  124.  J.  Hervey  Beale.  Received  by  Phila.  3d  Pby.  Jan.  29, 
1862,  Pby.  New  York.  Ordained  Jan.  29,  1862.  Dismissed  Feb. 
10,  1868,  Phila.  4th  Pby.  Installed  March  10,  1868,  Kensington 
First  Ch.     Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila.  Central  Pby. 

No.  125.  "William  B.  Cullis.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  686.  Received  by 
Phila.  4th  Pby.  April  15,  1868,  as  a  minister  from  M.  E.  Ch. 
Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila.  Central  Pby.  Dismissed  April  5, 
1871,  Pby.  Lackawanna.  Received  Dec.  15,  1873,  Pby.  Lacka- 
wanna. Installed  Dec.  30,  1873,  North  Tenth  St.  Ch.  Released 
Nov.  23,  1874.     Dismissed  Jan.  4,  1881,  Pby.  Phila. 


MINISTERS   AND   LICENTIATES.  187 

No.  126.  John  L.  "Withrow.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  595.  Received 
June  23,  1870,  Pby.  Phila.  Installed  Dec.  27,  1868,  Arch  St.  Cli. 
Released  and  dismissed  Sept.  22,  1873,  Phj.  Indianapolis.  Received 
April  2,  1878,  Pby.  Indianapolis.  Dismissed  Cong.  Asso.  Boston, 
Mass.     D.D. 

No.  127.  Martin  P.  Jones.  Received  by  Phila.  4th  Pby.  as  a  can- 
didate May  13,  1864.  Licensed  May  16,  1864.  Dismissed  April 
11,  1865,  Phila.  3d  Pby.  Ordained  and  installed  April  12,  1866, 
Chester  City  Ch.  Released  Dec.  29,  1868.  Transferred  June,  1870, 
Phila.  Central  Pby.     Dismissed  Oct.  3,  1871,  Pby.  Highland. 

No.  128.     Thomas  J.  Brown.     Received  bv  Phila.  Third  Pby.  May 

18,  1868,  Third  Pby.  New  York.  Ordained  and  installed  June  9, 
1868,  Logan  Square  Ch.  Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila.  Central 
Pby.     Released  and  dismissed  July  11,  1871,  Pby.  Utica.     D.D. 

No.  129.     "Wm.    McDuffee.     Received    as    a  candidate   by   Phila. 

Third  Pby.  Jan.  8,  1869.     Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila.  Central 

Pby.     Reported  dead  July  7,  1874. 
No.  130.     Gerald  F.  Dale.     Phila.  Pby.  No.  632.     Received  as  a 

candidate  by  Phila.  Third  Pby.  April  13,  1870.     Transferred  June, 

1870,  Phila.  Central  Pby.  Dismissed  March  6,  1871,  Phila.  Pby. 
Missionary  to  Syria.     Died  Oct.  6,  1886. 

No.  131.  Charles  B.  Austin.  Received  by  Phila.  Fourth  Pby.  as 
a  candidate  Oct.  13,  1864.  Transferred  June,  1870,  Phila.  Central 
Pby.  Licensed  April  2,  1872.  Dismissed  Nov.  4,  1872,  Pby. 
Steuben. 

No.  132.  Charles  Bransby.  Received  Oct.  4,  1870.  Licensed  May 
10,  1877.     Dismissed  Oct.  1,  1878,  Pby.  St.  Louis. 

No.  133.  George  H.  S.  Campbell.  Received  Feb.  6,  1871,  Pby. 
Edinburgh  Free  Ch.,  Scotland.  Dismissed  Oct.  3,  1871,  Pby.  West 
Jersey.  Received  Dec.  6,  1880,  Pby.  Chester.  Installed  Dec.  16, 
1880,  Richmond  Ch. 

No.  134.     Edward  "W.  Long.     Received  as  a  candidate  April  4, 

1871.  Dismissed  Dec.  6,  1880,  Pby.  Morris  and  Orange. 

No.  135.  Robert  D.  Harper.  Received  April  4,  1871,  Pby.  In- 
dianapolis.    Installed  April  23,  1871,  North  Broad  St.  Ch.     D.D. 

No.  136.  Peter  Q.  Wilson.  Received  Oct.  3, 1871,  Pby.  Syracuse. 
Dismissed  June  26,  1882,  Pby.  Otsego. 

No.  137.  Henry  J.  Owen.  Received  Oct.  9,  1871,  Pby.  Westches- 
ter. Ordained  and  installed  Oct.  16,  1871,  Richmond  Ch.  Released 
Nov.  2,  1876.     Died  March  31,  1878. 

No.  138.     Addison  V.  C.  Schenck.     Received  by  act  of  Synod  Oct. 

19,  1871,  with  Kenderton  Ch.  Released  Oct.  7*,  1879.  Dismissed 
April  3,  1883,  Pby.  Lake  Superior.     D.D. 

No.  139.  Isaac  A.  Cornelison.  Received  Feb.  5,  1872,  Pby. 
Peoria.  Ordained  Sept.  19,  1855.  Dismissed  April  1,  1873,  Pby. 
Peoria. 


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No.  140.     Charles  F.  Thomas.     Received  April  2,  1872,  Cincinnati 

Conference    M.   E.    Cli.     Dismissed  April    1,    1873,    Pby.    Chester. 

Received  May  6,   1878,    Pby.    Chester.     Installed   Oct.    11,    1878, 

Northwestern  Ch.     Released  Oct.  7,  1879. 
No.  141.     Donald  K.  Campbell.    Received  as  a  licentiate  April  22, 

1872,  Pl)v.  New  Brunswick.    S.  S.,  Hestonville  Ch.    Dismissed  Oct. 

1,  1872,  Pby.  Baltimore. 
No.  142.     John  "W.   Campbell.     Received  as  a  candidate  July  2, 

1872.     Dismissed  April  15,  1873,  Pby.  Baltimore. 
No.  143.     "Wm.  B.  Reed.     Received  Oct.  1,  1872.     Licensed  April 

7,   1874.     Ordained   and  dismissed  May  6,  1874,  Pby.  Wyoming. 

Received  Nov.  4,  1878,  Pby.  Chester.     Dismissed  Jan.  7,  1879,  Pby. 

Westminster. 

No.  144.  "Wm.  Travis.  Received  as  a  licentiate  April  2,  1872. 
Dismissed  Oct.  7, 1873,  Pby.  Phila.  North.     Ordained  Nov.  1,  1877. 

No.  145.  "Wm.  Greenough.  Received  Feb.  10,  1873,  Pby.  Pitts- 
burgh.    Installed  Feb.  23,  1873,  Cohocksink  Ch. 

No.  146.  Abraham  Poulson.  Received  April  1,  1873,  Pby.  Fort 
Wayne.     Dismissed  Jan.  4,  1881,  Pby.  Baltimore. 

No.  147.  Cochran  Forbes.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  260.  Received  April 
1,  1873,  Pby.  Phila.     Died  Nov.  5,  1880. 

No.  148.  -Wm.  J.  Wright.  Received  April  1,  1873,  Pby.  Athens. 
Dismissed  Jan.  10,  1882,  Pby.  Morris  and  Orange. 

No.  149.  Andrew  M'Elwain.  Received  April  15,  1873,  Pby.  Kit- 
tanning.  Installed  April  27,  1873,  Hestonville  Ch.  Released  Oct. 
5,  1880.     D.D. 

No.  150.  James  A.  Marshall.  Received  May  5,  1873,  Pby.  Blairs- 
ville.  Installed  May,  1873,  Geo.  Chandler  Ch.  Released  June  24, 
1878.     Dismissed  Sept.  2,  1878,  Pby.  Chester. 

No.  151.  Robert  Graham.  Received  Sept.  1,  1873,  Ref.  Pby.  Ch. 
N.  America.  Dismissed  Sept.  8,  1874,  Pby.  New  Castle.  Received 
Dec.  8, 1883,  Pby.  New  Castle.    Installed  March  20, 1884,  Hebron  Ch. 

No.  152.  Andrew  Lees.  Received  Sept.  1,  1873,  Pby.  San  Fran- 
cisco. Licensed  July  7,  1874.  Dismissed  July  6,  1875,  Pby.  Ches- 
ter. Ordained  July  8,  1865.  Received  Nov.  5,  1876,  Pby.  Chester. 
Installed  Feb.  20,  1882,  Trinity  Ch.  Released  and  dismissed  April 
3,  1883,  Pby.  London,  Eng.  Received  April  3,  1888,  Pby.  London, 
Eng. 

No.  153i  George  B.  Peck.  Received  as  a  licentiate  Oct.  3,  1873. 
Dismissed  April  6,  1875,  Pby.  Cincinnati. 

No.  154.  Charles  A.  Smith.  Received  Nov.  10,  1873,  Pby.  Morris 
and  Orange.     Died  Feb.  15,  1879.     D.D. 

No.  155.  Benjamin  B.  Parsons.  Pby.  Phila.  No.  611.  Received 
Nov.  10,  1873,  Pby.  Phila.  Installed  Nov.  28.  1873,  Trinity  Ch. 
Released  May  25,  1881.     Died  Feb.  25,  1887.     D.D. 


MINISTERS   AND  LICENTIATES.  189 

No.  156.  Charles  "Wadsworth.  Pby.  Phila.  No.  442.  Received 
Nov.  17,  1873,  Ref.  Ch.  Dismissed  Dec.  2, 1878,  Pby.  Phila.  Died 
April  2,  1882.     D.D 

No.  157.  Walter  Q.  Scott.  Received  as  a  licentiate  Feb.  2,  1874, 
Pby.  Lehigh.  Ordained  and  installed  Feb.  15,  1874,  Arch  St.  Ch. 
Released  Sept.  11,  1878.     D.D. 

No.  158.  Daniel  F.  Lockerby.  Received  May  4,  1874,  Pby.  New- 
ton. Ordained  July  18,  1869.  Installed  Oct.  11,  1875,  Lehigh  Ave. 
Ch.    Released  March  20,  ]  876.    Name  struck  from  roll  April  4, 1876. 

No.  159.  James  M.  Thompson.  Received  May  6,  1874,  Pby.  New- 
York.  Installed  May  7,  1874,  Mantua  Second  Ch.  Released  Dec. 
2,  1882.     Dismissed  Jan.  4,  1887,  Pby.  San  Francisco. 

No.  160.  John  Moore.  Received  June  8,  1874,  Pby.  Blairsville. 
Dismissed  Oct.  3,  1876,  Pby.  Winona. 

No.  161.  Alexander  Sinclair.  Received  Oct.  6,  1874,  Pby.  Erie. 
Dismissed  Sept.  4,  1876,  Pby.  Mechlenburg. 

No.  162.     Henry  A.  MacKubbin.     Received  as  a  candidate  Oct.  6, 

1874.     Dismissed  March  6,  1882,  Pby.  Phila.  North. 
No.  163.     Thomas  L.  Janeway.     Phila.  Pby.  No.  226.     Received 

Nov.  10,  1874,  Pby.  New  Brunswick.    D.D. 
No.  164.     David  J.  "Waller.     Received  as  a  licentiate  Nov.  10,  1874, 

Pby.  Northumberland.      Ordained   and  installed   Nov.   30,  1874. 

Logan   Square   Ch.     Released  Dec.  6,    1875.     Dismissed   Sept.  4, 

1876,  Pby.  Huntingdon. 

No.  165.  John  H.  Munro.  Received  Feb.  2,  1875,  Pby.  Boston. 
Installed  Feb.  8,  1875,  Central  Ch.     D.D. 

No.  166.  Silas  W.  Gossler.  Received  as  a  candidate  Feb.  2, 1875. 
Licensed  Oct.  5,  1875.  Ordained  and  installed  April  13,  1876,  N. 
10th  St.  Ch.     Died  Oct.  29,  1880. 

No.  167.  Henry  Birchby.  Received  as  a  candidate  May  11,  1875. 
Licensed  April  8,  1884.     Dismissed  Oct.  7,  1884,  Pby.  St.  Paul. 

No.  168.  Daniel  Macfie.  Received  Feb.  14,  1876,  Pby.  Carlisle. 
Dismissed  June  28,  1876,  Pby.  San  Francisco. 

No.  169.  David  Chapman.  Received  March  20,  1876,  Pby.  Ayre, 
Scotland.     Dismissed  April  3,  1877,  Pby.  Waterloo. 

No.  170.  Edwin  H.  Nevin.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  316.  Received  June 
22,  1876,  German  Ref.  Ch.,  Phila.  Classis.     D.D. 

No.  171.  Daniel  W.  Poor.  Received  Nov.  20, 1876,  Pby.  San  Fran- 
cisco. Dismissed  Jan.  6,  1885,  Pby.  Phila.  Sec.  Bd.  Education. 
D.D. 

No.  172.  Joshua  L.  Russell.  Received  Nov.  24,  1876,  Pby.  Day- 
ton. Ordained  Aug.  17,  1867,  by  Pby.  Miami.  Installed  Dec.  21, 
1876,  Spring  Garden  Ch.  Released  Nov.  6,  1882.  Dismissed  March 
5,  1883,  Pby.  Huntingdon. 

No.  173.  Charles  Bonnekemper.  Received  April  3,  1875,  Germ. 
Ref.  Ch.     Dismissed  Dec.  6,  1880,  Pby.  Cedar  Rapids. 


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No.  174.     Henry  Loach.     Received  April  3,  1877,  Ref.  Ch.     Name 

struck  from  roll  Dec.  1,  1879. 
No.  175.     "Walter  Nicholas.    Received  April  3, 1877,  Pbj.  Newark. 

Ordained  and  installed  May  10,  1877,  Temple  Ch.     Released  and 

dismissed  June  28,  1880,  Pby.  Albany. 
No.  176.     John  P.  Yoth.     Received  May  10,  1877,  Pby.  Waterloo. 

Dismissed  April  2,  1878,  Pby.  Chester. 
No.  177.     Thomas  M.  Watson.     Received  July  3,  1877,  U.  P.  Pby. 

Phila.     Dismissed  Sept.  2,  1878,  Pby.  Shenango. 
No.  178.     Luigi  De  Jesi.     Received  as  a  candidate  July  3,  1877. 

Licensed  June  3,  1878.     Ordained  Oct.  17,  1880.     Dismissed  April 

4,  1882,  Pby.  Mexico. 

No.  179.  Macduff  Simpson.  Received  Nov.  5,  1877,  Pby.  Lexing- 
ton. Installed  Nov.  21,  1878,  Richmond  Ch.  Released  and  dis- 
missed Oct.  18,  1880,  Pby.  Dublin,  Ireland. 

No.  180.  Wm.  C.  Rommel.  Received  Nov.  5, 1877,  Pby.  Montana. 
Ordained  June  20,  1872,  Pby.  Elizabeth.  Installed  Nov.  15,  1877, 
Gaston  Ch. 

No.  181.  Charles  E.  Burns.  Received  Feb.  4,  1878,  Pby.  New- 
ton. Installed  Feb.  21,  1878,  Lehigh  Ave.  Ch.  Released  and  dis- 
missed Oct.  1,  1878,  Pby.  Phila.  North. 

No.  182.  John  Richelson.  Received  Feb.  4,  1878,  Pby.  Morris 
and  Orange.     Installed  Feb.  19,  1878,  Second  German  Ch. 

No.  183.  Edward  K.  Donaldson.  Received  Sept.  2,  1878.  Li- 
censed June  28,  1880.     Ordained  March  17, 1881.    Dismissed  April 

5,  1881,  Pby.  Monmouth. 

No.  184.     Edwin  B.  Raffensperger.     Received  Oct.  1,  1878,  Pby. 

Baltimore.     Ordained  May  4,  1853.     Dismissed  Jan.  10, 1882,  Pby. 

Marion.     Died  March  27,  1885.     D.D. 
No.  185.     Duffield  Ashmead.     Received  April  1,  1879.     Licensed 

June  28,  1880. 
No.  186.     Elisha  B.  Cleghorn.      Phila.  Pby.  No.  472.      Received 

June  30,  1879,  Pby.  Albany.     Died  Dec.  14,  1881. 
No.  187.     Joseph  S.  Malone.     Received  Oct.  7, 1879,  Ref.  Ep.  Ch. 

Installed  Nov.  14,  1879,  Northwestern  Ch.     Released  April  4,  1882. 

Dismissed  April  3,  1883,  Pby.  New  Castle. 
No.  188.     Edwin   D.    Newberry.      Received   Nov.   3,  1879,   Pby 

West  Jersey.     Dismissed  Feb.  4,  1884,  Pby.  Phila.     Phila.  Pby. 

No.  717. 
No.  189.     Matthew  Anderson.     Received  May  3,  1880,  Pby.  Car- 
lisle.    Installed  July  11,  1880,  Berean  Ch. 
No.  190.      Clement   C.  Dickey.      Received   May  10,   1880,    Pby. 

Chester.    Ordained  by  Pby.  Brooklyn,  Nov.  9,  1871.    Installed  May 

17,  1880,  Sixty-third  Street  (Patterson  Mem.)  Ch.     Released  June 

28,  1887. 


MINISTERS   AND   LICENTIATES.  191 

No.  191.  George  A.  Paul.  Received  June  7,  1880.  Licensed  June 
5,  1882.     Dismissed  Oct.  3,  1882,  Pby.  New  Castle. 

No.  192.  Daniel  C.  Meeker.  Received  June  28, 1880,  Pby.  Car- 
lisle.    Died  Feb.  18,  1881. 

No.  193.  Henry  J.  Weber.  Received  Sept.  6, 1880,  Pby.  Newark. 
Installed  April  28, 1881,  Carmel  Cli.  Released  and  dismissed  March 
2,  1885,  Pby.  Phila. 

No.  194.     Eugene  C.  Olney.     Received  Sept.  6,  1880,  Pby.  Grand 

Rapids.     Dismissed  Feb.  7,  1881,  Pby.  Newton. 
No.  195.     John  S.   Sands.      Received  Sept.  6,  1880,  U.   P.   Pby. 

Monongahela.     Installed  Sept.  19,  1880,  Arch  St.  Ch.     D.D. 
No.  196.     Gordon  Maokay.    Received  as  a  candidate  Sept.  6, 1880. 

Dismissed  Oct.  6,  1885,  Pby.  New  York. 
No.  197.     Emil  Leute.     Received  as  a  candidate  Sept.  6,  1880. 
No.  198.     James  H.  Baird.     Phila.  Pby.  No.  571.     Received  Nov. 

1,  1880,  Pby.  Huntingdon.     Dismissed  April  7,  1885.     Pby.  West 

Virginia. 
No.  199.     Henry  D.  Northrup.     Received  Feb.  7,  1881,  Pby.  New 

York.     Installed  Feb.  23,  1881,  North  Tenth  Street  Ch.     Released 

June  24,  1886.     Dismissed  April,  1887,  Pby.  Chester. 
No.  200.     Wm.  Dayton  Roberts.     Received  March  7,  1881,  Pby. 

Phila.  North.     Ordained  June  7,  1876.     Installed  March  15,  1881, 

Temple  Ch.     D.D. 

No.  201.  J.  Henry  Sharpe.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  627.  Received  Mar. 
7,  1881.  Installed  April  1,  1881,  Hestonville  <Park  Avenue)  Ch. 
D.D. 

No.  202.     Edward  M.  Haymaker.     Received  as  a  candidate  April 

5,  1881.     Licensed  April  8,  1884.     Ordained  May  16,  1884.     Dis- 
missed Feb.  2,  1885,  Pby.  Zacatecas. 

No.  203.  Melancthon  W.  Jacobus.  Received  May  2,  1881.  Li- 
censed June  28,  1881.     Dismissed  Oct.  7,  1884,  Pby.  Chester. 

No.  204.     Alex.  G.  MoAuley.     Received  with  York  St.  Ch.  June 

6,  1881,  Ref.  Pby.  Phila.     D.D. 

No.  205.    Marcus  A.  Bro"wnson.    Received  as  a  licentiate  Jan.  10, 

1882,  from  Pby.  of  Washington.     Dismissed  March  5,   1883,   Pby. 

New  Castle. 
No.  206.     William   V.  Louderbough.     Received  March   6,  1882, 

Pby.   of  New   Castle.     Ordained  Sept.  24,  1879.     Installed  March 

14,  1882,  N.   L.  1st  Ch.     Released    and  dismissed  Nov.  5,    1883, 

Pby.  of  West  Jersey. 
No.  207.     John  W.  Bain.     Received  April  4,  1882,  First  N.  P.  Pby. 

Ohio.     Installed  April  11,  1882,  Alexander  Ch.     Released  Jan.  30, 

1885.     Dismissed  Jan.  7,  1886,  Pby.  Huntingdon. 


192  ROLL   OF 

No.  208.  Richard  T.  Jones.  Received  as  a  licentiate  April  4,  1882, 
Pby.  Northern  Penna.  Welsh  Pres.  Ch.  Ordained  aud  installed 
June  8,  1882,  Lehigh  Ave.  (Susquehanna  Ave.)  Ch. 

No.  209.  James  R,  Campbell.  Received  May  1 ,  1882,  Pbj.  West 
Jersey.     Dismissed  April  1,  1884,  Pby.  New  Castle. 

No.  210.  Samuel  Phillips.  Received  May  1,  1882,  Pby.  Phila. 
North.     Dismissed  April  3,  1883,  Pby.  Chester. 

No.  211.  Francis  M.  Baker.  Received  May  1,  1882,  Central  Penna. 
Conference  Evan.  Asso. 

No.  212.  James  Stewart  Dickson.  Phila.  Pby.  No.  745.  Re- 
ceived May  1,  1882.  Licensed  aud  dismissed  June  4,  1883,  Pby. 
New  Brunswick.     Ordained  1883. 

No.  213.  Jacob  "W.  Loch.  Ordained  and  installed  May  11,  1882, 
Zion  Germ.  Ch.  Released  Feb.  1,  1886.  Dismissed  April  6,  1886, 
Lutheran  Ministerium,  New  York  City. 

No.  214.  "William  S.  Thompson.  Received  June  25,  1882,  Pby. 
Portsmouth.  Dismissed  Dec.  4,  1882,  Pby.  Phila.  Phila.  Pby. 
No. 

No.  215.  "Waldo  Messaros.  Received  as  a  candidate  Oct.  3,  1882. 
Name  dropped  March  5,  1883. 

No.  216.     Otto  Close.     Received  as  a  candidate  Nov.  6,  1882. 

No.  217.  Samuel  M.  Gould.  Received  May  7,  1883,  Pby.  Phila. 
North. 

No.  218.  Samuel  A.  Harlow.  Received  May  7,  1883,  Pby.  Brook- 
lyn. Installed  May  17,  1883,  Mantua  2d  Ch.  Released  June  1, 
1885.     Dismissed  Feb.  21,  1887,  Manhattan  Cong.  Asso. 

No.  219.  Mangasar  Mangasarian.  Received  as  a  foreign  minister 
on  probation,  Dec.  4,  1882.  To  full  membership,  Dec.  3,  1883. 
Installed  Dec.  7,  1883,  Spring  Garden  Ch.  Pastoral  relation  dis- 
solved and  name  dropped  Oct.  12,  1885. 

No.  220.  Charles  A.  Schmidt.  Received  as  a  candidate  Dec.  4, 
1882. 

No.  221.  Carl  Theo.  Albrecht.  Received  Dec.  4,  1882.  Licensed 
and  dismissed  June  25,  1883,  Pby.  Elizabeth. 

No.  222.  John  Hemphill.  Received  Jan.  9,  1883,  Pby.  San  Fran- 
cisco.    Installed  Feb.  15,  1883,  West  Arch  St.  Ch.     D.D. 

No.  223.  Thomas  "Verner  Moore.  Received  Jan.  9,  1883.  Licensed 
Feb.  5,  1883.     Dismissed  April  3,  1883,  Pby.  Montana. 

No.  224.  Martin  L.  Ross.  Received  March  5,  1883,  Pby.  North- 
umberland. Dismissed  Nov.  5,  1883,  Pby.  Phila.  Phila.  Pby.  No. 
713. 

No.  225.  John  McElmoyle.  Received  April  3,  1883,  Pby.  West- 
minster. Ordained  April  23,  1879.  Installed  Sept.  20,  1883,  Ken- 
derton  (Tioga)  Ch. 


MINISTERS  AND  LICENTIATES.  193 

No.  226.  George  Van  Deurs.  Received  by  Phila.  3d  Pby.  Oct. 
1858,  Pby.  Bath.  Dismissed  Dec.  1867,  Pby.  Troy.  Received  May 
7,  1883,  Pby.  New  York. 

No.  227.  Robert  H.  Fulton.  Received  June  4,  1883,  Pby.  Balti- 
more.    Installed  June  12,  1883,  Northminster  Ch.     D.D. 

No.  228.  Robert  Hunter.  Received  Sept.  3,  1883,  Ref.  Pby.  Phila. 
Installed  Sept.  13,  1883,  Kensington  Ch. 

No.  229.  William  Bannard.  Received  Oct.  2,  1883,  Pby.  West 
Jersey.     D.D. 

No.  230.  James  D.  Shanks.  Received  Jan.  8,  1884,  Pby.  Red- 
stone.    Installed  Jan.  14,  1884,  Trinity  Ch. 

No.  231.  Robert  H.  Kirk,  Received  as  a  candidate  Feb.  4,  1884, 
Pby.  Phila. 

No.  232.     Asbury  C.  Clark.     Received  May  5,  1884,  Pby.  North- 
umberland.    Installed  May  15,  1884,  North  Ch. 
No.  233.     John  H.  Elliott.     Received  as  a  licentiate  Sept.  1,  1884, 

Ref.  Pby.  of  Phila.     Dismissed  March  2,  1885,  Pby.  Lackawanna. 
No.  234.     Henry  C.  Pox.     Received  Sept.  1,  1884.     Licensed  April 

11,  1887.    Dismissed  Sept.  5,  1887,  Pby.  Phila.    Phila.  Pby.  No.  748. 
No.  235.     H.  W.  Tolson.     Received  as  a  candidate  Oct.  7,  1884. 
No.  236.     Madison  C.  Peters.     Received  Oct.  7,  1884,  Pby.  Ottawa. 

Installed  Oct.  14,  1884,  N.  L.  First  Church. 
No.  237.     Peter  G.  Rambo.      Received  Nov.  3,  1884.      Licensed 

April  13,  1885.     Ordained  Feb.  12,  1886. 
No.  238.     Lawrence  M.  Colfelt.     Phila.  Pby.,  No.  653.     Received 

Feb.  2,  1885,  Pby.  Phila.    Ordained  by  the  Pby.  Monmouth,  May  9, 

1872.     Installed  Feb.  15,  1885,  Oxford  Ch.     D.D. 
No.  239.     Rene  Brettinghausen.      Received  as  a  candidate  April 

7,  1885. 
No.  240.      Carl   Schwartzbach.      Received  May  4,  1885,  Classis 

Long  Island.    Installed  June  17,  1885,  Carmel  Ch.     Released  Sept. 

5,  1887.     Dismissed  April  3,  1888,  Pby.  West  Jersey. 
No.  241.     William  Sterrett.    Received  with  Covenant  Ch.  Sept.  7, 

1885,  Ref.   Pby.  Phila.,  in  accordance  with  the  Act  of  the  Gen. 

Assembly,  1885.     D.D. 
No.  242.    James  Mattheson.    Received  as  a  candidate  Sept.  7, 1885. 
No.  243.      Wm.   H.   McCaughey.      Received  Jan.  5,  1886,  Pby. 

Washington.     Installed  Jan.  14,  1886,  Mantua  Second  Ch. 
No.  244.     Francis  Lloyd.     Received  as  a  candidate  Jan.  6,  1886. 
No.  245.     David  Wills,   Jr.      Received  March  1,  1886,  Pby.  New 

Brunswick.    Installed  March  8,  1886,  Spring  Garden  Ch.    Released 

and  dismissed  Feb.  21,  1887,  Pby.  New  Brunswick. 
No.  246.     Harry  W.  Haring.    Received  as  a  candidate  May  2, 1886. 


194  ROLL   OF 

No.  247.  H.  P.  Bernhart.  Received  June  7,  1886,  Pby.  Hudson. 
Installed  July  11,  1886,  Zion  Ch.  Released  and  dismissed  Oct.  4, 
1887,  Pby.  Brooklyn. 

No.  248.  Charles  Wadsworth,  Jr.  Pliila.  Pby.  No.  710.  Re- 
ceived as  a  licentiate  June  29,  1886,  Pby.  Phila.  Ordained  Sept. 
16,  1886. 

No.  249.  Julius  A.  Heroia.  Received  Sept.  6, 1886,  Pby.  Mahon- 
ing.    Installed  Sept.  2i),  1886,  Green  Hill  Ch. 

No.  250.  "William  Morrison.  Received  Sept.  16, 1886.  Licensed 
and  ordained  April  11,  1887.    Dismissed  May  2,  1887,  Pby.  Oregon. 

No.  251.     Samuel  Heuston.     Received  as  a  candidate  Oct.  6,  1886. 

No.  252.     Reuben  Hormon.    Received  as  a  candidate  Nov.  1, 1886. 

No.  253.     Albert  Wirth.     Received  as  a  candidate  Jan.  4,  1887. 

No.  254.     Alfred  Staeger.     Received  as  a  candidate  .Tan.  4, 1887. 

No.  255.  "Wm.  G.  Pollock.  Received  as  a  licentiate  Jan.  4,  1887, 
Pby.  Washington.     Dismissed  Sept.  5,  1887,  Pby.  Pueblo. 

No.  256.  James  H.  Pitzsimmons.  Received  Jan.  4,  1887.  Li- 
censed June  6,  1887.  Dismissed  Oct.  4,  1887,  Pby.  Meagherafelt, 
Ireland. 

No.  257.  David  S.  Clark.  Received  Feb.  7, 1887.  Licensed  April 
11,  1887. 

No.  258.  David  Wills.  Received  Feb.  21,  1887,  Pby.  Washington 
City.     Installed  March  3,  1887,  North  Tenth  Street  Ch.     D.D. 

No.  259.  Alexander  Alison.  Received  May  2,  1887,  Pby.  Balti- 
more.    Installed  June  5,  1887,  Alexander  Ch. 

No.  260.  Nathaniel  L.  Upham.  Received  May  2, 1887,  Pby.  West 
Jersey. 

No.  261.  Pranois  H.  Moore.  Received  as  a  minister  from  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  May  2,  1887. 

No.  262.     Robert  Moore.     Received  as  a  candidate  May  2, 1887. 

No.  263.  Wellington  E.  Loucks.  Received  Oct.  4,  1887,  Pby. 
Logansport,  Ind. 

No.  264.  Jay  B.  Pisher.  Received  as  a  candidate  Nov.  7,  1887. 
Dismissed  April  9,  1888,  Pby.  Lima. 

No.  265.  Ed-ward  G.  Pullerton.  Received  as  a  candidate,  Nov. 
7,  1887.     Licensed  April  9,  1888. 

No.  266.  Charles  H.  Schleuter.  Received  Nov.  7,  1887,  Pby. 
Brooklyn.     Installed  Dec.  16,  1887,  Carmel  Ch. 

No.  267.  George  B.  Bell.  Received  as  a  licentiate  Jan.  3,  1888, 
Pby.  New  Brunswick.  Ordained  and  installed  Jan.  9,  1888,  Pat- 
terson Mem.  Ch. 

No.  268.  C.  Theodore  Albrecht.  Received  Jan.  3,  1888,  Pby. 
Elizabeth.     Installed  Jan.  12,  1888,  Zion  Ch. 


MINISTERS   AND  LICENTIATES.  195 

No.  269.  Archibald  A.  Murphy.  Received  Jan.  3,  1888,  Pby. 
Lehigh.  Installed  Jan.  24,  i8b8,  Spring  Garden  Ch.  Ordained 
Jan.  13,  1881,  Pby.  Phila.  North. 

No.  270.     B.  B.  Bigler.     Received  as  a  candidate  Jan.  3,  1888. 
No.  271.     Cyrus  A.  Price.     Received  as  a  candidate  Jan.  3,  1888. 

Licensed  April  9,  1888. 
No.  272.     Perry  S.  Allen.     Received  April  3, 1888,  Pby.  Erie. 


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